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FRINTfiD BY W. J. COATKS, 160 KING STSEBT;
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lAVB compiled this little Work, ?is it hath oviginalcd in
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intofthc wood. I send it to the cities and abroad, that
he eyes of the present age may look upon it — and no doubt
t will produce sentiment from the tongue — for in this ag(5
lothing passeth unnoticed. If believed to Ml tho truth by
he fewest number, I trust it will have this effect — i. c. —
to humble the mind iind believe in the love of God to his
wandering and afflicted people, the Jews, especially those
that lament over the loss of their land and the Holy City.
Although the Work is addressed peculiarly unto tho
.T cws, I wish not that it should pass unto them unseen by
(theeyesoftiie Christian Church, which in one sense arc
the Priests that are dividing the world and exalting th^j
mind ; but in reality I would that it come to the eyer f f atl
people who believe in the restoration and salvation ot* the
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TO THE JEWS, THE CHURCH OF MY LO¥E.
The God of'fhe Hebrews hath required it at
my hands, that I should write a few letters of
communication unto you, recommending you to
a coming day. r ...
Whereas God hath shown you much loving kindness
since the calling of Abram, until this day, it hath pleased
iiitn to continue his mercies unto you ; and declare unto
you the event of this long and sore chastisement he hath
]%ced upon you, for ilKtreating them that were sent unto
your fathers, in many ages that are past. ; j ^.c ,;' v •
^ As the spirit of the father hathsuifer^M for these thing!<i
in the children, every distressing hour that hath been
visited upon the world for sin ; he is now minded ^ >
gather you, and make you the first fruits of his peculiur
love — unto you first, and then to all the ends of the
earth. He hath made by you, an example of his wrath
unto all flesh, that the wages of sin may never be forgot-
ten under heaven. But as your sorrows have been, so
Dial! be your joys ; for you are the chosen servants of a
merciful God. He hath chastised because of love, and
fitteth ^ou to be redeemed through much sorrow of heart.
Hivi promises are good unto you, and as you have be^ a
light unto the world through tribulation, so will you be
through the salvation of the soul, and the love of Gqd.
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i'rom tho mournful cvoat of vour m\9. Moticrt wan a
prophet unto you, and a dciivoicr from hondH ; tho Lord
your God prepared his suul, nnd sunt him into Bgypt, to
M'ork tho redemption of your fumily from bondii. Let it
h3 rt;membered, that alHiction mado your prayer fliiicero,
und accepted of God, and it was according to your own
dotiiros that Moses was sent unto you, from tho morcics (tf
your God who is in heaven ; he loved you that dwelt
upon the earth — ho had called you in Abram, and cluf
»cn you for his own peculiar inheritance with the
children of men. In you is promised tho calling of
I shmael, and all tho ends of the world ; yo nro of Isanc
iM well as of Abram, in whom all tho families of tho
earth arc promised a blessing.
Moses did not say that your salvation consi<?tcd in
what he could do for you . in tho wilderness ; but his
mission was to redeem you from a land of bondage, and
place you in a land of freedom, where you could have
your own laws, your own judges, aitd your king, and
your own peculiar ways, distinct from all the earth of
Worshiping God, as an offering unto him, for the miracu.
lous favours he had conferred upon his people. Ye camo
away through fear, through tribulation, through victory
and songs of praise ; And Moses said unto you, another
should be given unto you of the Lord, he should bo
raised up unto you, of your brethern. The Lord is not
iv respecter of bloods, but of souls that are within us ; for
instance, your own blood has been your foe, destroyed
your temple, or your home ; your own blood hath com<
mitted these sins, for which ye are in bonds this day,
without a Prince, Prophet, Saviour or a King, and the sins
of your own blood hath brought all upon you that ye now
boar, or ever bore since vou left Pharaoh's house or land.
He is your brotJier, that loveth you as his own blood, and
Miourns that ye might be free, and honour God with
the fulfilment of that calling wherewith he hath called
you.- Like unto me shall he be, said your Prophet, and
earthly saviour from your bonds ; there has been nono
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JoHhua iu far itiiort of bein^ liko Moses, for you must b«
in bonds as ye now are, before you could rocoive atiotber
like unto liim — '* bim sball yu bear iu all things." It
plainly appears by the words of this prophet, that bis
dispensation should bo fulHIlod, and another given ; it
was fulfilled when yo enjoyed the land and tho houso of
the Lord was built iu it. It was tho Lord's tabernacli^
or dwelling, and he dwelt with you in a peculiar manner,
from all the nations of tho earth; but ho destroyed Ibnr
house because of sin, and took power, and glory, and
honour from that dispensation that came by Moses, loaKt
ye should trust in it for ever, and not receive the Prophet
that Moses said should como unto vou like himself,
therefore yo were sent into a long captivity, before an
€ferla«ting salvation. Tho hand of the Lord huth dont
this, and great and marvelous are his works !
The christians presume to say, tho person of Christ
was this prophet or brother, spoken of by Moses. I think
bis appearance is as far distant from tho prophesy of
Moses, as tho life of Joshua ; and I bolievu not that either
of these was the dispensation that Moses said should
como. Joshua was of the dispensation of Moses, and
Christ of the Prophets, for he prophesied of that which
should bo hereafter. He, Josus, was a true prophet, and
the New Testament ought to be received by you, as a
book of prophets or prophesies of things that shall come
to pass, for the words of this prophecy, the New
Testament relates unto us, that another dispensation shall
come upon the world, and this dispensation is, th«
salvation of the Jews, the chosen of tho Lord. I shall
fall into contrast with the christian faith, but not with ths
sacred writings, as revealed by tho English translation,
which we trust contains the fundamental truth of a tim«
to come. Differing faiths bear their different productionn
after their own kind, and these lines are the production
of my belief. I will be short in argument, as I am satisfied
and depend neither on the Jewish nor Christian faith as
they now stand. I am one not received in the world,
neither pan I bo until the productions of my belief are
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immoveable or indisputable proofs, 1 shall be received ;
Ihe events of the present time bearing witness of the truths?
1 declare Unto you, whom I esteem as my bretliern, — tiie
Church of my love* I write not for silver nor gold,
flattery nor reception, applause, title nor office below tho
8un ; of all these I am unworthy ; but I am a shepherd
of a few souls in a wilderness ; and through love, and
most endeared affection, write unto you for your informa.
tiou, that you may know, as mine own brethern that are
present with me, what there is in existance in the world,
and w hat the God of your salvation and my hope hath
revealed to my soul ; for my heart is drawn out in these
lines this day for your sake. Neither Joshua nor Jesus
was that prophet or lawgiver spoken of by Moses : Christ
was a fulfillcr of tlie law, and the book of prophesies, as
far as related to his person, that was born oi' a woiniii
in Bethlehem of Judah. His spirit is the saviour of the
world, and will come unto you, as the prophet hath said,
and be unto you a father, and a "Prince of Peace." It is
neither the dispensation of Moses, nor that of Christ, that
hath given peace to the world ; for she doth not enjoy her
sabbaths as Moses saw when the world began.
But when ye (the Jews) " shall hear in all things'*
wiiich the Lord your God will communicate unto you, as
Moses hath said, ye will be saved from your sins, and
enter into rest. One day refers to another, as to-day may
prophesy of to-morrow ; so Moses hath spoken unto yoU
of a day to come : if that day shall reveal all things need-
ful unto you, this day as yesterday will pass away and
be no more. " Him shall ye hear in all things, as a law
present, or at hand, in every needful time, as the father
to the son, or the parents with the children." It i«
impossible to receive the fonner prophets with a^i
tmbelief that the Nev/ Testament is not a book of prophc-'
sies also. But I am as far from being in faith with the
present christian world as ye are the Jews : for they say
tlieir saviour has come, and the world remains in sin ; it
is added, he is not received according to his coming, thti
came may be imputed to the Jews, as pertaining to the
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received according to thcfir power and virtue ; and it wasr
not permitted unto Moses to complete the salvation of the
Jews : neither to the person of Christ to make the world
happy; he suffered with the prophets and died, and absent-
ed hi'nseif from the world. He was with the prophets
OQ earth, teaching us the will of God in the flesh, and as
many as practised his testimiony, he was the saviour x)f
the World $ and so were the prophets that came before
him ; their testimony was a present salvation to Israel.
But there is a dispensation to come, when all the pro.^
phets of God shall appear imto us, jointly connected ih
one body, for there shall be a resurrection of these' things
that are past. The body is but the garment of the mind,
and the world bath been giving many figures of the truth,
like Joseph's coat of many colours ; but all has coi!ne
fihort of making peace on earth, or revealing the salvation
of the world to Adam's sons^
As the Hebrew's were first called in Abraham to a
reformation, they are the first chosen ; and their personal
distress prefigures the tribulation of the soul, and sheweth
how dear the field is bought, or the inheritance of the
promise that we have lost through sin. AH stands fair as"
the morning sun for the restoration •i Israel, and the
salvation of the Jews : if another shall be prepared or
fitted in mind as Moses was, a brother of the Jews, he
will be prepared alone by the presence oi God, and
revealed openly. The Jews shall be in captivity to
receive this salvation, i, e^ all they need.
In the days of Joshua, nor Christ, they were not
captivse. Neither of these characters answers to the
prophecy of Moses, for, until they are caeptives they
cannot receive another like unto him, for he came unto
them in their bonds and gave them laws well pleasing unto
God, and they came away. The Lord Waain the mind
of Moses, and taught him in the tabernacle, all things
he should reveal unto Israel. There were none before
Moses like unto him, but there should be afler. Mosea
knew all things by revelation from the foundations of
the vrorld. If we are like unto Moses, or another «halt
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be, we shall be brought up or educated, under the
dominion of a king, and be tributary unto him, and sea
our brethren in bonds, and be angry with tlie oppressor ;
Christ was not so educated ; moreover, to be like Moses,
another shall write as he did and communicate unto the
Jews the will of God, and reveal all things from heaven
©f which they now stand in need. To them the child
is born f and the son given that shall do these things. The
will of God in the flesh, shall complete the salvation of
Ihe . world, and the coming of God with man, is the
salvation of the Jews, and in his name shall the whole
earth be saved. But all tiiat hath been are shadows and
signs of his coming; and blessed are they that received
them, for they sliall be comforted in their hope, and all
jBesh shall see the solvation of the world. The world
waiteth for the resurrection and return of Moses to his
people, as he hath been, to fulfil his prophesy, and com-
municate all things to them, wiiich they sliail hear, and
believe in all things past, as a prophesy of days and
times that were to come. The christian world is far from
peace, neither doth the christian fait:*, in the man Christ
Jesus effect the salvation of the world, neither are they
a light to the Jews. . They are divided in their faith, and
their works follow them. The Jews had one temple ;
but they have their thousand. So are the Christians
divided, each thinking they are the chief sect in the
synagogue. The Jews are reserved for the Saviour,
and the Saviour is preparing for them, a,nd him will they
hear in all things as Moses hath said, and be saved from
their sins. And Ishmael and ail the. earth shall follow
them. — Amen,
Gh now my soul with joy can sing For Israel has a priest and king",
The captives rise to see the day, The sun doth rise to light their Wfiy,
A Saviour, and a God to save. From the dark terrors of the grave,
By David and the morning star, They see at horn oand see a.far.
The promis'd fieldagain's in sight.forGod ahove doth give them light,
Bride of mylovo ! spouse of my grief, thvGod has come to grant relief.
He in the wilderness prepares The peace and joy of future yeara,
He hailf^the trumpet calls to co<ne, Ye mournful few belo\v the sun.
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Jt/xi 30th, leSf),
ISRAEL, MY FRIEND.
I have not flattery in my lips — nor deceit in my soul ;
I am a man of affliction, and my heart is sincere : hope
inspires my hand to write, and with love I salute you with
fond embraces.
When Abram (the pillar of your religion) was called
ye were a chosen people, and the heir of many promises.
In Isaac there is a blessing promised to all people, or th«
various tribes on earth, there is a blessing for yonr brother
Ishmael. Ye are one in your father's loins, and your
father loved you both ; and when Ishmael was separated
from Isaac, it grieved your tender hearted father, to see
his own blood divided, and the limbs of his own body
rent apart; but God said unto him; let it be so now, as your
mother Sarah hath said. He comforted him with u
blessing, t. e, that in Isaac, Ishmael should be called, and
Abram resigned to the word of God, whom he knew
was true ; and he sent away his son Ishmael and his
ftfllicted mother to endure the sorrows of life.
And ye became two nations from one father, and the
heir of two blessings from one God. Ishmael will be
disagreeable till he is called in Isaac, and blessed with
his brethren, when with all the families of th6 earth h«
ivhall be blessed. In the mind of Abram (the elder in
your church) there is mercy and love for Ishmael and
Isaac ; though of two mothers, ye were the off*spring of
ime father, from whence you did proceed. It is not pro-
per for the mother to make the division, but for a time ;
l>ut each took their young and went ihere way to fulfil
the appointments and purposes of God. But there shall
be a calling in Isaac ; (not in Ishmael, that Isaac should
come unto him,) but in Isaac that Ishmael should return.
There is a full evidence, that the unbounded heart of
Abram./ (who was to be a blessing) loved these two
112 fathers, th« boud woman, and the free, and both bore
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fruit of Abram's mind^ for his mind inspired the deeds of
generation with them. And it is evident that God loved
both the children or offspring of Abram, and he comfor.
ted both ihese mothers with their desires, that were the
heirs of Abram's love, and loved hinri. We now observe
in the heart of Abraham, a universal love for the world
and a godly sorrow for those who are appointed to mourn,
as Ishmael and his mother in a barren wilderness, with
n morsel of bread. In this we see in Abram, (the pillar
of your laws, God excepted) there was a tender mind
towards the poor, the bond.maid and her son, not willing
to grieve the mother of the legal (leir, he mourned through
pity, and according to the will of God, bowed down hi«i
jirincely head, to let afflicted Sarah have her oiin way :
for she had been much afflicted, because the Lord had
made her barren unto Abram, that she could not bear a
son, to bear the memory of A 'jram, and receive his bless-
ing in this world. And she wept until she was comforted
with an heir froni heaven. Ye are the remains of thiA
Isaac, and aip God knoweth the predetermination of bis
will before action, he was minded to give mournfu)
Sarah a son ; and one that would bear the affliction for
tiie sins of his people, and be a saviour to the world,
and be the first heirs of his peculiar blessing — tasting
and seeing how good the Lord is — call Ishmael to partake
with Isaac — and from thence all the families of the
world. Some have imputed the disposition of Ishmael
to the uncircumcision of Abram, in which I believe not ;
it partaineth to the flesh, rather than the mind. If this '
«on was to bear the iniquity of his father for begetting
him of a bond.maid, from whence came the blessing ? He
miraculously^saved him alive where nothing was — where
Hesh and blood, or a weeping mother, despaired of help
or the favours of God. I3ut God, the pillar of the
Hebrew family, according to his own good will, hath
shewn his mercy to the bond and free woman. His I0V9
is shewn to the circumcised and uncircumcised child,
and he hath blessed both Ishmael and Isaac in the morn,
ing of their days. There was a blessing on the deeds
I* f Abram, before circumcision and after, because at all
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Cometh from that which now troubleth the earth, ho saw
partiality to tlie sons of one father, and the children of
one God; and to shew the bad effect of these desires,
(though gratifying to the mind) he suffered these things
to be for a time, to convince all nations of the bad effects
of partiality, and that it was not the will or mind of just
Abram between these two heirs. He hath made [shmael
a robber— ^I say not that God hath inspired sin ; but I
will say the soul of Ishmael is in his children till this
day — taking these things of every nation in his power ;
and it is hard for me to read the laws of his heart, but
what God hath decreed, Ishmael doth fulfil, " his hand
shall be against every body (or people,) and they liall
be against him." Who can disappoint God in his deciees?
What we see, we are forbidden to disbelieve. But there
shall be a c Hing in Isaac that robbsth not according to
his law, for he is the heir of what God hath given : and
he shall call Ishmael in with him, (the seed of Abram)
and they shall be brothers, sons of one father, on whoni
is conferred the miraculous blessings of one God.
Ishmael shall come unto Isaac the heir, and he shall
give unto him a part of all ; for Isaac shall love his brother
as himself, and with the love wherewith Abram loved him.
Ishmael shall be called in Isaac, and the hope of these
things comforted Abram, for he saw that Ishmael's lot was
decree of God, and he resigned in innocence, and none
can blame righteous Abram for the division he made,
lu these days Ishmael shall have his right ; he shall
no more hunger in the wilderness, and when he enjoys
the blessings of God, he will put forth his hand against
no man ; neither will he mock nor despise his brother for*
these unequal divisions that are in life : but according to
the desires of Abram, and the will of God, it shall be
no more. Ishmael is not alone in the wilderness, but is
in the christian land, for he shall become a great people,
and princes shall proceed from him. Of what kind shall
ihey be ? If they are of Ishmael, they shall be wise and
strong ; they will not rejoice in partiality, nor submit to
be slaves in ^the house of Isaac — the Lord hath not so
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decreed — but depart into the wildorncsa, gather their own
bread, and live an independent life. What is the fioiil of
Ishmael when he is young ? He mocketh, and blesscth
not the days of partiality : he is oficnded, and treats with
contempt, superiority, because, he is of the seed or soul
of Abram, in whom all the families of the earth shall be
blessed. The princes, or spirit of Ishmael, shall mock
skilfully, he shall offend these at the feast : he, or they
may be put away; but they will not bow nor beg where
one brother is taken, and another left : but they will take
without permission where they can find, until the bless-
ings of their father's house is restored unto them, and
their dear mother to Abram's love.
Now, Isaac unto thee do I communicate these things :
thou art made the servant, and thy wages shall be
great — the whole earth waits for thy salvation. There
are many kings, dukes, and lords, in it : but thou art a
bonds-man in their land : thou art not a member of
their church. The Lord hath set thee apart in Abram,
according to the desires of thy mother, and Ishmael
to be angry and jealous because of thee — and his mother
to weep unto despair, over the expected death of her son.
And if God from heaven had not shewn mercy, Ishmael
had perished in the wilderness, and his dear mother, the
bond>woman, mourned as a widow without children for
ever. In the love of God to Ishmael, behold thy redemp-
tion ; the Lord cared for thee, when thou wast in bonds,
in the land of Egypt, and under Pharoah's house. He
shewed mercy to thy brother Ishmael, thy father's son ;
the same God is thy redeemer. Behold in him his
loving-kindness to the bond and the free. He will confer
his own name upon thee, seal thee with his own signet
and make thee a blessing to all the families of the earth.
For in Abram you were chosen, when he was called to
be a blessing. The Lord hath made of thee a servant to
thy brother — to obtain peace, set thy table with fat thinga,
the product of thy righteousness ; and then call Ishmael
and all the families of the earth to come in and partake
with thee at the tables of the Lord. So shall thy lot be.
The Lord bath saved thy name in the world, and th«
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niemoTuil of Abram to all the nations of the word. To
vfHi ia the promise and the covenants for ever. The
New Testament is a book of prophesies unto you ; you
are chastised according to the hand writing that is
in it. Ye are fulfilling the prophetic sayings of the
Old Testament, and bearing the name of God's vengeance
to all tiie nations of the earth, that ye may be a visible
law of God's vengeance unto all people. Many things
were committed to your trust ; the law af God, and the
holy city, prophets and lawgivers were given unto you.
As the eye of the mind, or the light of the body, ye have
known of being in bonds, and freed by a high hand and
stretched out arm. Ye have had more conferred upon you
from heaven than all the nations of the earth ; both Old
and New Testaments are of the blood & spirit of Abram,
but your salvation is with God, your saviour and redeemer
of the world To him look with confidence, and fail not
in your tru3t, nor let hope depart from you : he that
chastiseth, loveth ; and him that rebuketh, doth it to
save. Your redeemer liveth, and will stand upon the
earth, and in the latter days, as Hosea huth said, " ye
shall greatly fear and serve the Lord." The Lord hath
taken all things from you, that he may make all things
anew. He hath placed your feet in captivity, that he
may be honoured v»rhen he delivereth you from bonds.
Our Lord is a God of decrees and changeth not ; That
which he hath said in Abram, he will fulfil in you ;
and that which he hath sworn by Isaac will assuredly
come to pass. Oh, son of the Most High ! thou must bow
thine ear unto him, and incline thy heart to understand-
ing, and thou shait see the hand writing of thine own
blood is the way of thy feet, and all are a prophecy of that
which is to come. The Lord will make thy way plain
before thee, and reveal that which thine eyes hath not
seen, and place thy feet in a way that hath not been
known ; for he hath reserved for thee, whom he hath
chosen, (who hath borne his name to all flesh) a way that
the world hath not seen, nor the Christian Church
walked therein. Thou must earn bread for all the,
families of the earth. For this purpose Abram was
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ye shall blow a trumpet unto all Israel, and salute the
whole earth with love. In thee, Ishmael shall find his
lawful bread : it is retained with thee oh Isaac, since tho
day thou wast set apart and weaned from thy mother ?
breast. For what thou hast received of God, thou art
debtor to make his name known to all the nations, and
reveal his will to the ends of the world. When thou art
afflicted into sincerity, and the event of thy sins are
brought to light before thine eyes ; then wilt thou weep
bitterly before the Lord — for the salvation of this world
is required at thy hands ; and thou must mourn for all
the world, and save thy brother Ishmael from his sins,
and present him a living and cleansed offering before
the Liard, as he hath blessed him when he was young.
So shall thine eyes see. and thy whole heart mourn ; for
the sins of the whole world shall bear upon thee, and the
inhabitants of the earth shall find in thee a resting place,
as the Lord hath declared unto Abram. Salvation is
required at thy hands, the city of the living God, and a
blessing in the world.
And the earth shall not rest, till Shiloh be come ; and
the inhabitants of the world shall require these things of
thee which the Lord hath promised, i. e, a blessing in thee
for all the families of the earth. Then jhall crowns rest
and thrones be in peace for ever. But until the days of
thy salvation, the tempest shall beat upo i the earth, and
the king nor his subjects shall not see peace. One king
is appointed unto us, even David, and one shepherd in
Israel, as Ezekiel hath said, but one fold in all earth. Ye
are the pillars of it, and the corner stone of the building.
Seek diligently a resting place for your feet. And the
Lord your God will come unto you, and be your v/ay,
and reveal unto you the sacred rest of Israel.
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Oh may I see ! oh may T hear !
Your way prepared, your passage clear,
Oh may I see that living stone,
That's fitted for your name alone.
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Oh may I see your city rise !
Oh may I Hoe your builders wise !
Oh may I see the building square !
And all the earth assembled there.
Oh may I see thy brothers' peace,
And hoar the song 'twill never cease—
A song of friendship and of love,
As God's ordained in heaven above.
May I see peace on Zion's hill,
And every beating storm be still ;
May I see God in David's reign,
But Israel never fall again.
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-'■ > July 1st, 1836.
Israel! Love bringeth near unto each other, hope
bears up the mind, and faith directs our way, and one
God over all is the law of life. Let us walk together for
a few moments, and talk by the way of the wisdom of
the Almighty, and the wa^ s of life.
All nations have one God, and all the assemblies of
the earth hath one judge, and all flesh are subject to the
fate that the creator of the world hath placed upon us.
I claim no kindred by the blood of Abram nor Ishmael —
Ksau nor Jacob ; but I am the offspring of your God,
and my God, and of him that is the God of the whole
earth. In him I claim a connexion and relation with you ;
I am of Adam and so are you : and this brings all people
to be bone of bone and blood of blood. Righteousness
does not consist of bloods or nations, for God hath divided
your name with all the earth, and placed you in the
midst of all countries for the inhabitants of the land to look
upon. I believe not that ye are exalted above otlier
bloods, and that the respect God hath shewn to tlie blood
of Abram, was for his righteousness. A Jew may
become a christian, or a christian a Jew. It hath been
»Q with your nation— ye have joined yourselves to various
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orders in life, aQcl sopftrated your blood, as limh from
liriib, and joint from joint ; but a remnant remains to
retuia your name for David's sake, thur he may have a
name in tliu earlh, witii hid own nation and people, where,
unto he is or was anointed of God to bo a king in Israel.
It was the spirit of David that was a conquering sword
unto you, and the shield of your defence. If you, as a
nation, had been ail converted into christian fninments,
and heathenish superstitions, as the world now is, your
great name, blood, and nation, had been lost, and your
religion and blood would havo perished under heaven.
But it hath not been so with you ; the God of the
Hebrews and of the whole earth hath retained a rem-
nant for David's sake, and preserved you as a people to
write his name upon.
With you were the first covenants of God, and Abram
the first chosen of (he Lord, to bo a light unto the world.
And Abram according to tho promises of the Lord,
became a great people, and none could stand before
them for strength and wisdom when they M'alked in tho
wa3r of their laws, and paid tribute to God by offeringai
and sacrifices of their hands. No prophets hath been
like unto yours. Your nation hath been the light of tho
world, and your religion the mother of many wiso and
prudent sons. Ye built the first tent, tabernacle, and
dwelling for the Lord. Tho tent of Abraham was first
set apart for his holynarne, and in it he began to shew
himself wonderful in the earth ; and from that tent hath
proceeded all Israel — the tabernacle-— the house of David,
the Ark, and the temple of God. By Abram was made
the first distinction of bloods and nations, and his family
because a peculiar and chosen people, serving the most
high God, according to their calling in Abram, They
have replenished the earth with wisdom, and as men,
given light to the world. Their sins is a cause of
chastisement ; but what nation hath the Lord found that
hath loved him more than Jacob, or been a light to the
Gentiles to exceed Israel, that their name should be cast
away, and another name or nation- chosen, and the
covenants of God be broken with Abram ? There has
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ship 1 cninniunu witii you this day, as distant brcthoru
talk together ai)out the tilings of (rud. I nin not niindod
to invite you to'^chango your iinniu, or nntiotj, or mix
your blood, till yo sco the promises of (iod to your
father fulfilled, and then the scriptures will bo fultillcd,
and your cha^^lisoments and miueries will honour the
living Go'J. If I could believe tho promises of God
were set at nought that ho niado with Abram, I might
invite you to a change of a national name or mixture of
blood, and some other faith than that which vo now
retain. These that have been converted to Christianity,
and other national dispensations, and church creeds and
ceremonies, have lost the name of Abruni. For I know
not when it was decreed you should change your name,
or nation, or embrace another religion save your own,
or disbelieve in tho covenants of your God with Abram.
These that have separated from you, as a branch from
the root, have put out the light of the life of Abram, and
brought Israel into contempt by subordination to other
Dames and nations. It was not your former practicu
to resign and worship other Gods. And little or no
light hath been conferred on tho world, by those who
have passed through this superficial conversion : for
the christian church, (which is the best in the world,) is
not in as good u condition as you have been. The sub-
jects of princes are not as well contented as you wer«
with David your king : neither is the christian religion
productive of the knowledge that the Jewish church did
contain ; and as for a Master of the sacred writings, he is not
to be found on the earth. It is the extending hand of Abram,
that hath revealed unto us the beginning of time — the works
of God, and never-ending life. If any one will convince
me what light has been adr^ed to your nation, I will
give honour to the progressive band that hath ascended
into the mysteries of life beyond the Jews. They have
been as stars to the world, and the light of nations ; and
the christian saviour is a Jew. Now we wUl observe,
that it is as consistant for a wandering christian (as I am)
to come to tho Jews^ as for tho Jews to come to me, or
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nn nricBtnblisIificl christian church, thnt i» never still,
having u imiiio hut not at runt : tor the christians arc still
converting each other, as from hill to hill — placo to
])luco — from oiio .fonlan to another. O wandering tribes !
Israel in 'the wilclorness was not more so — ye have no
continuing city, or abiding place; yet sounding the
trumpet to the Jews, saying, come unto us. and be con.
verted and boliuvo in Jesus Christ ! What would bo the
Hvail of these prayers, were it in the power of the
christian world to accomplish their designs ? I will say
originality would bo lost, and we should all go astray iit
the branches. When Abraham was culled, there was a
Heed loft in the world, at his father's house, and many
other names and bloods on the earth exclusive of the
n;une of Ahrani, and all worshiping their own gods.
Now, if the Jews have exceeded in righteousness, why
should they change their name or religion? But to
chiinge from their sins to righteousness would be accep*
ted of God. Thev are the root of the testaments, old
and new ; tile contents of them are the proceeds of
A brum's blood and nation, and are of the spirit of God
given lo Israel for all the earth. But it must be under.
stoud, they have no master in the christian name. The
lilteraries have taken them, and the effects of the
scriptures on the mind, hath been to make a disagreement
between brother and brother, of one blood and nation ;
and the spiriluahj divide the people, and make use of the
scriptures to support a thousand lines of imagination,
that the impressions of a lost mind hath drawn in the
soul or heart of the lost and wandering tribe of the
christian church ; and I am talking with the originals
concerning the.se scriptures, to whom they were originally
given, as being property of their own, and they are not
taken away and given to another, or the giver would
enable them to interpret unto us the mysterious things
of God that arc written in them, which no church can
do, save the Je.»s, the church to whom they were given.
Therefore I apply to these for the^interpretation of these
mysteries ; for they have given this book, or these books
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purposoH they woro given. I covet no mixture ofliloodfi,'
ixit tl)o tilings of GuJ to Hhinu in the world with oti^rinul
hiHtor, as thcv iiavo done niito ilu; Ji^wm, and scpiirated
them from the heathen, and made of them a peculiar
people for (Jod and his glory to nil tl»e word.
Now, I boliovf, in spirit I inust Ijucome the Jew; as to
blood, that i^ impossible ; neith t is riglittionsncss of thf)
bloods or nations of the earth. Will the Jews receive
mo as a member of their church, and I still believe that
they must perish in the earth ? »uch faith or unbelief in
each other keeps the nations apart, blood from blooJ, and
brotiior from brother. Now, love should bring us near,
and hope bear up my mind, and faith direct my way :
and then we could talk together of the things of God, and
say — the hand of the Jew needcth cleansing — mine eyes,
to receive siglit : lot us go down together unto one
Jordan, that the Lord may cleanse us in one water — that
one hand may heal us and give sight to our eyes — one
read and the other understand, and others shall be no
robbers in lsrai>l, for all see, hear and understand;
through one captain the things of God that are written
in the books of the prophets and revealed to us. Why
cannot we interpret the Jews property, divide it, and
give to our children ? Because we are not Jews, and
are therefore not heirs of it. And now, my christian
friends, whom I esteem, ye have the true cause, why ye
cannot interpret the scriptures to the world, and bring the
flocks into one fold, and sufTor a heart like David's to
rule over them; One whom the Lord our God hath
appointed to be a defence unto Israel, and rule over them
with love and a tender mind forever.
Now, if you can conquer the Jewish name, or their
religion, blood or nation, that it is no more in the earth,
but as water in the sea, mixed with other nations, and be
lost, then ye may say, the Jews were fools, and trusted in
a god that disappointed them, and they have lost their
king or shield — David their defence. But until this can
be done, stoning Jews is vanity — is but as the boast of
Gpliah, who was slain by a small sling.stone from the
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water-brook ; a eimplc and singular place, to liiid tlie
elaving weapons ol' the great. 'I'ije christian religion is
confounded in the Jewish productions ; aud the sacred
records is completely master of the world ; the root
remains, and the ciiristians divide in the branches. The
earth hath one centre and the Jews one God — the world
liath one judge, and in him all kindred share their fate.
What God decrees, we cannot improve, he hath placed
a stone in the earth and we cannot remove it. It is
Israel's name that never will be blotted out. In tlie earth
the Lord made his covenants witii Abram ; and on the
earth will he fulfil them. The Lord has made him a master
in skill, and none can take the crown from his head.
The Lord has given him a king, and tiiere is none
stronger in the nations of the world. The Lord hath
given him an house, and none exceedeth it. The Lord
hath given him prophets and none exceedeth them in
•wisdom — they are master of the sacred writings, and
alone know these things which will come to pass — there
is no taking the crown from Israel, nor glory from his
name ; nor the scriptures from his hand ; and until Israel
arises in his strength, they will not be interpreted to the
world.
Therefore the sooner I am a Jew in spirit it is the
better for my soul, because I then become heir with
them in the things that God hath given, and speak with
them as a brother about the things of God. Abram shall
be a blessing — Is this taken from his blood ? In Isaac
all shall be blessed. In whose soul or spirit shall all the
families of the earth be happy ? In Isaac. Has the
personal Christ blessed all nations at his coming? No : we
are in an unhappy world, and the rabbis gather tribute of
our fields, and the heathens are slaves to their priests and
kings, and w e partly participate with them in their woes,
because, we are one another's slaves and our Lords
require of a part of every day to make them rich, and
gather treasure for themselves. Isaac has not his place,
he is under chastisement and his heart is not enlarged
in his bonds, he hath not room for tlie nations, his mind
is filled as a store-house, with reproaches from tlie
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reproachv-is and the chastisements of Isaac's soul, the
christians are hiying the pillars ot" their own rest — tliey
are laying a stumbling stone in their own way, and
establishing a rock of otiences ; for while they think they
are wise and strong, and in favour with God, they are
walking after Israel. Hath the Lord sworn that tho
christian church shall not be confounded in their nume-
I'ous faiths ? Or hath he said the exalted shall come to
ti»e ground ? Scarce is there a Prince who roigneth in
peace. Is there a prophet in our present christian Israel ?
There is not a high Priest that can feed the flook, with
those thiii<Ts that Israel hath received. There is neither a
victorious Moses in wisdom, or an Aaron with them. All
are up for law making, and every man has become his
own priest; for the shepherds are unworthy of the love
of the flocks, and the fleece goeth grudgingly from their
siiearers hands. All those things are making away for the
Israel of Judah to arise, and Benjamin to write his name
with the children of men. Israel of old will iSiion be had
in remembrance, and the name ofAbrani come to light,
and David be seen in Israel, Jacob's sure defence. There-
fore as David could not be overcome, his sword shall
never depart from the house of the Lord. It is iii
vain to despise Jacob's name, or endeavour to subdue
the rights of Abram in the earth ; his name is a fixed
pillar that lione can remove — the wisdom of the Jews,
none can excel ; they are appointed to be our salvation,
and thus I have talked with them this morning alone,
revealing unto them these things which will como t»
pass.
Deep as the river eide can bo,
Wiiero Israel stepped in ;
So is tiieir wisdom Lord in thee,
Whoa Jucub ceas'd to sin.
* » , Wo know there is passage through,
We see from shore to shore;
Thou'st mado my covenants with th« J»ir, . . : ;
To stand for evermore.
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Thy life hath made their pathway cjcar,
And blensing in thoir fold,
<0n their right hand wilt thou appear,
As thou hast done of old.
For Isaac's heart t!iy name prepares,
All has a promise there ;
And tho' the burden Israel bears,
All bloods shall join his prayer.
All nations for a Saviour weep,
Oh my Rcdenmer come,
And let our flock be Abram's a
And all our folds be one.
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July 2nd, 1835.
JuDAif, let the promise of the Lord be thy confidence^
The promise of the Lord is thy blessing ; and unto
none other hath he given his word, as unto thy father
Abram. He hath said, for the service he performed, and
the sacrifice he made, he would make him a great people —
bless him, and he should be a blessing ; and he would
bless all that blessed him — but his wrath should be upon
})im that cursed Abram ; but in him should all the families
of the earth be blessed.
The earth is unstable as water ; and until all bless Abram,
Issac, and Israel, the earth will not be blessed with that
blessing Moses saw in it. The inconsistency and absur.
dity of treating the Hebrew family with contempt, is
meritorious of a curse from heaven. The Lord hath said,
whose word is an oath, that he would make Abram a great
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poople, he liath perfonned tiiis. Will ho not also curso
them tliat curse niai, as he h:itlj swora unto all that
lift up the ha;id a'jjainst his chosen pfiople?
Woo huth cursed the Lord's servant, and received a
blessing ; Israel h itii many ioes ; but no nation hath
arose to the honour of liis name, nor received that
blessing to all people, and in his name the iiimilies of
the eanh are promised a blessing, flow absurd it is to
curse the vine that heareth the grape ; or despise the root
from wiience proceed the brancn ol'the tree, and nether
ijume i:or nation hath exceeded the Lord's peopl«>, Israel.
I will refrain to curse tiiee of Abram. 1 speak for my
Christian kt dred : 1 never have cursed thee from my
youth ; but si.ce 1 feared God, i have esteemed ihy name,
as the root of many branches — as the vine that beareth
the grape to the world. Thou art the light of nations^
because thou served tlie Lord by faith and walked alone
iVom thv father's house : thine own blood hath delivered
thee from Egyptian bor.ds, and another of thy kindred is
promised unto thee, like unto Moses, to be thy deliverer.
Judah, thou art the star of the morning, and the pillar
of David's throne. In thee shall Isaac arise, and Abrani
thy father be tbrever. The Lord hath provided a plac«
for Abram, and he will bring him to his house, and his
fisonl shall see the fulness of hi;] desires.
Unto Israel is promised the Saviour of the world. The
Christians have exalted themselves above thy name, oh
.ludah ! this is like the son exalting iiimseif above th«
father, because these have believed in Christ the prophet
slain at Jerusalem, the same hath said, that " the father
doeth all things, arid is greater than I am." The first
will be last, the beginning will be the end. From thence
cometh the confidence in an everlasting blessing, on these
that treat the hlood of Abram with a contemptible curse?
It is the proceeds of exaltation, and the man Clirist Jesus
hath promised a fall unto them who exalt themselves above
Abram, or any other people ; for the God of the Hebrews
is the God of the whole earth. It is better for me to bless
than to curse ; for if we blesv'?, the Lord hath promised
unto us a blessing. He was perfect in the days of Abram ;
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and there is no change or improvement in our God. If
\vc biess, we are heirs of the promise wiih Abram, for,
it is by blessing (and not cursing) that we become brethren.
Therefore the man is blessed, or an heir of the promise,
for blessing Abram. The world is unstable as water ;
but Israel is an immovable pillar in it ; the holy prophets,
nor the sun of God, hath not converted his ways, nor all
the proceeds of the christian church — nor heathen
mythology — he is reserved for the honour of him that first
called him, after whom he walked by faith alone. If the
«ou was appointed to take honour from the father, the
God of the Hebrews would be uncrowned, or loose honour
and reputation by the coming of the man Jesus. But
.there is a second coming promised us by the prophets ;
we cannot he doubtful, but that it is the appearance of
the same God to man, that called Abram, the saviour of
of the Jews. He will have the honour of all things as
Moses has given unto him (the blood of Abram). And as
John, the writer of the Revelations, hath said, he will
make all things anew. This is no other God than the
Creator ; at whose presence the hills tremble, and the
islands pass away. That which man hath established,
shall remove at the coming of the Lord from heaven :
And the hills and mountains shall tremble as Sinai before
him, when he gave laws to the earth. Judah is in
captivity for the name's sake of the Most High God :
and him that hath borne his chastisements, confessing
his sins, is a right and true judge, and the hand of the
oppressor for sin, will make his burden light, in the day
of his repentance, when he changeth from that long
tradition of despising the servants of the Lord, for which
Judah and Benjamin is now within the prison gate. It is
as needful for the salvation of Judah and Jerusulem,
to bless the servants of the Lord, as it is for all the earth
to bless Abram, before they shall receive a blessing. And
hira that curseth the servants of the Most High God, is
heir of the curse promised unto those that curseth Abram.
The earth is unstable as water — the islands pass away
by the breath of the Almighty, and the hills fear and
tremble at his word, i, e, what man have done, or thoso
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whom they have exalted of their kindred and friends, are
I'fiUing to the ground, as an island removed in the sea —
tliey are no more. The exalted tremble, to see and hear
tlie rise of wisdom in the exalted servants of the Lord,
whom he hath chosen in Abram, and wrote his name upon
them, to remain as long as his word shall govern the hills
and mountains that are in the earth*
Abram, I have part with thee, it is given of God, and
an heir of thy blessings ; 1 am not dependant on name,
«r nation for tlie communications I write unto thee in
these addresses. It is the gift of God, and the communi-
cation of one that was never educated in thy school,
neither is there one drop of thy blood in my veins.
Nevertheless, I am a servant of thy God, and he will bring
us together by the way of his direction — a path unseen
by kings , neither hath the lords and councils of the earth
walked in it. The line is not drawn by the rabbi's,
neither is the king's son made the keeper of the gates of
the city of my God. I flatter not, neither do I persuade
to a belief, that I am an heir of thy great blessing, nor
that the Lord (lod of Jacob hath taken it from thy head ;
but him that blesseth thee with a blessing is an heir with
thee, and this blessing cometh not from thee ; therefore
I flatter not flesh or blood — it is promised of God and
given from heaven. Who can love him whom the Lord
hath forsaken ? Love is one of the divine attributes of
God, and cannot be '^o deceived. I have loved thee who
art unto me a stftinger. I have not loved thee for
money or price, nor 'for the sake of the honour which
thy great name bears in the earth. For thou art chastised
with the blood of the prophets and Christ, and thou art
lying in bonds. Thou hast not received any of tho
servants of the Lord that hath "been sent unto thee, for
many hundred years with applause. The honour with
which thou hast received christian addrcsses,is not tempt-
ation to me to write these things. I draw these lines
in the fear of the Almighty, and I am trusting in him solely
for the want of what I do. I have been visited with tho
presence of your God in the wilderness ; his hand hath
borne upon my mind, and I write from the engravings of
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iiigh. Thy time is unmeasured by the book of prophe-
aies, and there are no figures on record that can teach
me these things. But fovv hiive beea sent unto you with
feiticcess, since the days of tho proj)Iiets whom your futhcra
rejected and committed too ma ly totho tomb, llini that
.rcceiveth not small things, is not made the heirs of
increasing favours; from the days ye despised the
prophets, ye have not been an increasing people in under-
standing. These were eyes to the heads tiiat were with
you ; b'lt exaltation despised them ; and at their death,
your light seemingly v»^e,it out. Christ was the last of
this race of people, but was not accepted of the rulers in
Israel — he followed his brethern to the grave. He said
lie would not be seen any more, till ye receive a change
of heart, that is to bless and not curse them that are seat
unto you : for all the Lord's servants are dear unto him,
as the blood of Abram whom he hath chosen. He is one
true God ; he hath cursed you for cursicg ; and he will
bless you for blessing, as he hath swora unto Abram.
The servants of one God loveth o;ie another, and hateth
not: him who curseth the servant, curseth the master;
and him that despiseth the son, loveth not the father, of
the living God. We cannot clioso, Gods unto ourselves.
Oh Israel and Judah ! the Lord is oiie God, u (changeable
in his decrees. The heathens ca:) mako their own gods,
but ye shall have Gods but one, and none other before
him. There has been but one, sincie the pillars of the
earth were laid. Him that called you in Abram, and hath
chosen you in Isaac, is your Redeempr and the Saviour of
the whole earth. He reveuleth himself by plagues on
Ihe people, as in the day of Pharaoh, and all flesh shall
.know his name by the chastisement of his hand ; and he
hath set you apart for the rod, and made bare the back,
and made a scourge of all nations to lay on the stripes —
ye are rejected in church and state, as being unworthy
members in a christian world. Ye have not wherewith
to bo called your own, save you have a title ^»r 'he
Holy Land ; but thine enemy is in possession of ir, and
thou art without law to reject him from thine own fields-
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Be it known to thee, Oh Judah and Benjamin, that ytt
shall cry bitterly unto the Lord your God, because of
sorrow, and in this way will ye atone for your sins, and
repent of all your fathers have done, and receive favours
from the hand of God. Plim that hath once driven out,
can do it again, or once more; he is the Lord your
God. But trust not in the kings and princes of the
earth, for of all they shall do unto you, or for you,
they will ask tribute again ; for the christian world are
too fond of slavery, and their Rabbi's love to rule in it*
Ilim whose heart is made tender, and loveth you becausit
of your distress — his soul that is baptized with your tears
when you wept, will give you gifts as Moses did. His
love shall set you free. Therefore pray to the Lord your
God, (when ye atone for past sins) that all nations may
feel your woes, and restore unto you, your land, for y«
will become a curse unto them where ye are in bonds,
till ye are delivered up to the Lord, and enjoy your
own land, as ye were to Pharoah's house, till they set
you free. The Lord will do this, and while ye aro
prisoners in a christian land, and all parts of the earth,
the Gods of the Philistines will not stand in the churcli,
nor will the christians be at peace, whilst ye dwell in the
land — So ye shall find favor in the sight of God and
man. And the God of Abram will set you free, and you
will become a blessing unto all people thai hath, or will
so bless you. The earth is unstable as M'ater, and tho
storm beateth on the mind of the world, and kings, priest^
and princes tremble in their fear, for the Lord is coming
to judge the world for all that is done in it, and set ev^ry
captive freCf and restore Israel to his home. The billows
are driven with the wind and rest not — ^the mind of th«
nations is not calm, nor the hvers clear : the waters do
Dot satisfy the thirst, neither are the shepherd's flocks
at rest. These things oh Judah ! are for thy sake ; and
thy brother Benjamin shall dwell with thee. He shall
drink with thee, in the cup of bitterness, and when thou
art delivered, he shall not be in bonds; the earth is
troubled for thy sake, for thee the islands move, and the
hills tremble : for the Lord will put away all tho captives
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out of the land, and all the people shall be free.
No liill shall be, no mountain.s rise,
King, priest, and prince, i:>liull sacrifico.
Why doth the tempest beat, and the waters roll ? Wliy is
t l>e earth disquieted ? Why doth the islands disappear?
and why are the mountains removed from their place ?
That the earth may know the name of Israel, that he
may resume his name and station in wisdom, and in him
the islands behold their salvation, and the iotlty hills see
the salvation of the world. Israel is called for the fall
and rise of many nations ; and the world will not be at
jieace, till he is restored to his own, and the islands shall
))e troubled where his feet have been, and the hills and
inouQtains move that hath ruled over him. 'J'he Lord
doeth this for Abram's sake, and his covenants with
Israel, when Abram was called, and Israel chosen to
be a people. When all bless Abram, Abram shall bo
])lessed with the promises of the Lord, for he liatii
])romised to Iiis seed an everlasting blessing, and that
iie will make a new covenant with his people.
He will put his law in their hearts, and write them
there ; where ' they shall never be forgotten : and the
need of Abram shall be his chosen people for ever, And
lie will bless all nations that blesseth Abram, and
comforteth him in his distress. The islands shall mourn
with him many days, and the mountains bow down to hear,
and kings and priests shall hasten Israel from their land,
to a garden of their own : and all the earth shall be
blessed for blessing Israel : and this is the peace of the
\vhole earth ; and Israel hath gone abroad through
tribulation, to bring a blessing on all the kindred and
tongues of the world. The Lord hath sent them to all
nations, to teach them how to mourn for their sins, and
be dumb before the Lord, and not be able to reason for
themselves, and as the sheep in the shearers hands, or the
lamb going to the slaughter ; they shall not be able to
make a plea for their former sins, but stand dum before
the Lord until he shall open their mouth. .,. .^i, .
So shall my soul a captive be, "
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He'll share his burden with the king, .
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Tho thingH that sliall lioreaftcr bo :
The Btorins doth boat, tho billows roll,
And troubloH move tho ChriBtian's soul.
Tho proat Messiah's still to come —
(For (jrods or Lords thorc is but ono)^
And Him that Israel's sorrows bore,
Is the one God for evermore !
Me called Abram from his home,
And made his name tho corner stone ;
On him tlio King and Priest shall build,
And all the house v/ith joy bo fiU'd !
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LETTER .0th.
July 3kd, 1835.
Jacob! thy sons are scattered [abroad — they have no
shepherd — there is none to gather them ! The Holy City
moiirns for their feet : Zion is desolate, and Sinai naked !
Th - land mourneth for a King and a Shepherd in Israel.
Jacob, thy name is many, but thy rest is not known : thy
daughters are widows, and the Church of thy religion
mourneth for the bridegroom of her soul. The lamonta-
tions of Jeremiah hath come upon thy house — thy little
ones sit solitary, and the Lord requires of thee, and Ihou
hast not to give. Mourn, Oh Israel, for the mercies of thy
God ! weep, Oh Jacob, for thy first-born ! his bones arc
scattered as sheep in the wilderness, and there is nono
to gather them. His eyes are dim with weeping : liis su:i
has gone down, and he is separated from his tent. His
feet are in a strange land, and he findeth no rest. His soul
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Juduh: let thy tears run to the ground for liim, ib* ho
fainteth in a strange land : his feet aru weary in the ruce ;
he hath none before hinn to touch him his way, and the God
of his salvation hath forsaken his soul. His sisters sit so-
litary by the water-coursc : they hide themselves in tho
willows of the stream : they have no lover from the Lord,
Weep aloud all ye daughters of the land for Israel. He
is as the ship on the sea and the compass ceased to hear
his call : ho is as the Iamb in the wilderness : he is for.
aaken of the love of the Almighty, and thorns and thistles
are in his path. He cryeth all tho day — his eyes are dim
with weeping by the setting sun. Those that hear mock
his supplication : he mourtieih through the night, and there
is no reply. Jacob hath no city : there arc no vineyardt
for his sons — the dresser of the vine is fled from thetonta
of Jacob, and the wages of ^in s'tteth on his soul. He hatf
no fields ; the blessing of tho Lord is gone from his har.
vest, and all his reapers labour in vain. His little oneA
arc captives, and they are driven to and fro in the land.
They are as messengers that go and come for a reward, a»
the hired servants of man go and come, buy and sell, for
their bread: the mourning of Jeremiah is at their gates, —
their cup is full of sorrow — they have and to sj>nre,andthe
daughters of all nations will drink with them : the churches
shall mourn with Israel — the flocks shall go astray — and
the shepherd shall not find his own, and his sheep shall be
lost with the nations of the earth. His mark shall not be
seen upon them, and he shall know his own no more : the
walls of his temple shall mourn with a doleful sound — the
windows of his house shall be broken, and the fowls of the
nir shall rest in it : the shepherd shall walk in the desolate
corners of the earth. He shall cry and none shall hear:
ho will enquire, but none shall direct his way, or give him
tidings of his own. The hireling is lost, and none shall
gather him forever. Mourn, Oh Israel! the sins of the
whole earth hath come upon thee : thou was the star of the
morning ; and because of thee, the whole earth is without
a shepherd : thy prophets are slain — they were the eyeu
of this world and the stars of thy glory. Israel has fallen,
nt
and all the cnrlli shnll niotirn with liim ; — his sun has gonr
flown, ui'.d .1 cloud obdcurcs the cvcriin;^ of hia day. Tb«
iiord rofjuirelh all ihat is past of Israel, llo liath called
on Jacob to ntono for the sins of the whole world : tlift
nations wuitcth for llico, Israel m\ eon, paith tho Lord,
'Jlic rise of thy cihj is culled for hy thy Redeemer, A kinp^
shall arir,''. in thee, tof^nvvrn the tmrld with wisdom, andjirinf
laiDStoihc earth. Tho song of Jt^s.'ie has departed out of
ItsfQcl : ho is not found in the desert nor the isles of the
Fca : tlie Lord hath hid him in his pavilion, and none can
iind : the vine bearuth not in Israel : the tree is no mor«
^recn, sjnd the olive is not known in t\\Q land : the feet of
the Prophets are lost in the sands of the seu ;-^thcre is
Done to Hi id them out : their ways a' c mysteries, and thers
is no scribe or interpreter to read them to Israel. Israel
has hoped in vain : he cometh to the tree, and there is no
fruit : he goeth to tho well of Jacob, and findeth not th«
servants of the Lord. Oh, my soul, that ever thou knew
these things! for ihy days are sorrow, and thy nights are
full of bitter weeping for the lost. Thou shall see, and
not behold ; hear, and not understand ; — thy light shall be
taken from thee, and thy mind shall be as in the depths of
the sea: thy spirit shall cease; and as the limbs of the
prophets thoushalt be still: thou shalt cry for many days,
i)ut none shalt hear : thou shalt weep, as rivers of water
(lowing to the fountain of tears ; but none shall number
thy groans, nor hear thy cries : the earth shall mock at
thy tears, and pass thee by as one despised of the Lord.
Lord, keep mc in remembrance for thy name's sake ! Ga-
ther Israel thy son, and let me live with him, when thy
hand hath fullv chastised him for his sins : the blood of
the prophets is at the gates of Israel. Israel shall buy a
home wiih tears, and make payments in blood for the city
that is lost ; and from the mourning of Israel a prophet
shall arise and a shepherd to the folds of the earth : th«
garments of an hireling shall be consumed with fire. No.
hand shall quench the flame and no eye shall pity him
that strayeth from the fold. He is lost, he is lost : there
is nouc to direct his Wfiy — no soul desireth him : he i«
cut off from his people to perish in the earth. All things
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the sorrows of tho liiiid arc visited upon ihoo : thou lost
the Holy City; it is cursed for tliy sako, and the holy place
is trodden down by the feet of st rangers : tlio price of
blood is bought and sold by tho wicked, tho heathen that
knoweth not the (iod of Israel : tho imtiie of the highest
is brought into contempt by thee. Oh, Jacob ! number
tho sins of thv children, for thov are many, and their sor-
rows deeper than the sea. All flesh shall inourn lor Israel,
because he is not in ihc tulness of his appointment. Jacob
hath no tent for tho Lord, nor his little ones hath no abiding;
f ily ; — there are no tents in Jacob nor tabernacles iu
Israel. Jacob has become the soles of the feet of princes,
and kings and crowns set their feet upon his name ; — the
liireling mocketh his little ones and filleth their souls with
the gall of bitterness. In the son of David, Israel was rich
in tribute, but now his feet are in bonds ; he is in subject-
ion to the princes — he has gone out of tho way, and his
lot has fallen in a strange land, and with these that knew
not Israel's God. He is behind the dwelling of the wise iu
this world — his name is not recorded in the fold with
princes — his soul is despised in the churches — he is
counted as an Infidel — as a spitting pan for great men ; —
the blood of Israel will come upon the whole earth, and
the princes will be cast down as to the depths of the sea.
Israel hath lost her dwelling, but none findeth it — he had
a house, but none dwelleth therein ; his city is desolato
from the truth, and his walls are broken down. Tho hand
of the Lord hath taken away his hedge, and tho wild beasts
came in and spoiled his soul. The evening waitelh for
Jacob, and the earth for the going down of the sun. When
the lamp of Jacob is lighted as in the beginning of his
days. The princes will fall, and the candlestick of the
hireling be removed from its place : their flocks will be
scattered, and their little ones will be found in the tents of
Jacob, and those that mourn in the flocks of Israel.
I mourn with thee, oh Jacob ! for the lost — because of
thee, I have had no shepherd for my soul : thy hands put
out'the light of this world, and separated the prophets
from the earth, and their blood has cume upon thee, and
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thou miiRt atnno for till nosh for thy guilt, and mako an
atonomciit to (lod by u confession of tliy wins ; thoy iiro
ns the sands of tliu sc:), wi h inan they cannot l)o nnmborod,
but for the least, thou shalt coinu to judgment — the Lord
will wash thou in a river of tears — ho will baptize in tho
pools of ancient blood, and thou slmltknow bis chastising
liand upon thee. Tliy sorrows aro not yet at an end,
neither are all thy dobtspaid; tho Lord roquireth of thee,
that which thou li.ist not to give — thou sbalt pray for
an offering — receive through tears, and give it unto
him again — thou uhalt mourn for a shepherd and a king,
for a way for tiiy feet. Tho Lord standeth in thy way,
and thou cannot remove his feet ; His words arc as
Zion, and bis frowns as Sinai in the earth : they cannot
bo removed. Thou sbalt offer unto the Lord, all tho
servants he shall give unto thee ; thou shalt not lay hands
upon them, nor touch the hem of the garments of tiia
Lord's anointed ; because thou hast removed the prophets
from the earth, and laid thy hands on priests and kings,
tho Lord hath made you captives in life, and placed your
feet within the prison door. The pro|i]iet8 shall rule
over thy house, oh Jacob ! in the resurrection, when all
that is past shall return unto you. The Lord hath shut
thee out from thine own fields, and obscured tho way to
thine own city, till thy soul shall atone for all these
things, and go down to tho pools of the prophets blood,
that thy garments may be sprinkled with their remem-
brance, and bo worn upon you for evermore. The Lord
is near thee in mercy, but far off in covenants, till ye
shall atone for these things that are past, and it shall bo
engraven on thy remembrance all the sins of Israel —
they are written in the book of God's remembrance, and
all his mercies are recorded there, that ho hath given to
thy fathers from tho beginning of time. He hath given
his own name in charge with thee, and thou hast lost
his glory at Jerusulera. He gave unto thee knowledge
of the works of his own hands, and his blessings on
Canaan ; but all did not suffice to establish thy feet in the
living God. Thy sins are as scarlet, and are of the
deepest die j thou must set thy- feet in Jordaa the second
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all these thiiip;!:* — keep thy luith and Uvc for ovur, 'Vho
stars of heaven arc liullini; ioiMhy t-uko, the liyiii of this
world is going out, ai:d liic lij;I>t of the christian church
is going diAViu as tlie setting sum, and the inljabitanta
ileeuig lo llie wiiderneSwS hecan-^e of tliee, for thy handt*
have sepiiiaied former lights from the vsorld — your breath
hath put out the light of the geiiiiles, and your unbuUei*
hath been an erring way for tiieir feet, and all the earth
huih walked in it. Jsrael arise early to weep — Judah,
beiiold a tost world because of thy fathers, the iniquity
of till ir hands, is visited upoa thee, and the propliets
blood IS required at tliy gates ; thou mast mourn for all
that are past — thou are debtor to God and man, and aa
atoheme.t tor all sin is required at thy hands — Hear a
slrd' ger weep, (hat bath k:.own the loss of a prophet — "
a soa tliat had no fatiior — a soul without a kin*'. 1 was
niof.e in the desert, none heard my cry ; 1 was an
hungred, and none came uito me — I was thirsty and the
well of Jacob could not bo found — { came to the door of
the tent, a-id none received me. I wandered to the fold
with tears, but tls.e keeper would not take me in — ho
refused me a covert, iieidier would he number me with
his li'jcks, I retreated weeping — my tears flowed as rivers
through the night, mine eyes became as springs of living
waters, and my checks the pathway of terrors : I watered
the earth hut she refused a blessing — my tears fell aa
rain t^) the ground, my sighs was as dew from heaven,
wpon the tender grass by the morning light; but the
harvest would not bear to my soul. I was without
crumbs in the day of feasting — the princes mocked my
supplication, and the iiireling passed me with ceutempt — -
children smiled upon my infirmities, and the daugiiters
of the land saw my nakedness, and spread a mantle over
their face — so hath the churchea been to me and more.
I have seen all flesh in their oridoi^ — 1 h'lve been cloathed
with contemptable rags from the priests hand, and the
king knew not that I was hi the land — I souglit the shade
of the tree for my cover, and as the beast of the field,
J. laid me dowij under the boughs of it. 1'he wild beast*
vn fho«5
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iniquity
ro[)t]icts
for all
and a a
•Hoar a
ophct-—
I was
,vas ail
and the
door of
tlie fold
in — ho
ne with
s rivers
)f living
kV ate red
foil as
heaven,
)ut the
without
kcd mv
empt— '
ijnjhters
lie over
more,
loatiied
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awakened me with fear,, and I arose — I heard the sound
of the prison doors, and the trumpet was in the hand
of the oppressor — I fled to the desert, and mourned to the
trees of the desert, and called to the rocks and hills to
fall on me, and hide my soul from woes to come ; for u
cloud reached over the earth, and there was no way for
my feet in it. Israel, thou put out my light, when the
prophets were slain — spoiled my worship pl|ice at the
fall of the temple, and hath taken away my rest at the
loss of Jerusalem. Now I mournfully call on thee for a
restitution of all these things that are lost; priest, king,
and government for my soul, for I am with the lost Thou
hast no land to set thy feet upon— thou hast no book to
record the mercies of thy God, and thy sorrows, in the
Scriptures are not fully revealed. The Lord requires of
thee all that are past, and a light to the world* Through
thee the shepherd is divided from the flock, and the sub-
jects rebel against their king. Through thee the princen
of Israel are cut ofl* from the nations of the world, and
through thy unbelief (he lamp of this world is put out*;
where is thy oil, oh Israel? Thou must light again, thy
sun must rise ; and how thou wilt be straitened, till aH
these things are fulflUed, that the Lord required ^ofthee
in the beginning of thy time. Thy pillar shall be removed,
thy faith in past things shall fail thee, it shall be worn
out, as a garment, and fall to the ground. Through
mourning shall Jacob ariso through sorrow he shall
seek his own, as sheep in the wilderness, that are scat-
tered abroad shall Jacob flnd» His tears shall be as
fountains of living water, and all flesh shall see the sal-
vation of Israel. The Lord will come unto Jacob in a
needful time — he has filled his cup with sorrow, and lie
shall drink of it, till not one drop remaineth ; then tie
shall lake his son by the hand, and point out his way to
Israel. His name shall be written in a new book, an«l
the Lord will replenish his mind — he will write his
own name upon him, and he shall be lost no more. The
whole earth shall rejoice in Jacob, and be glad in Israel,
for he sliall give a cup of love to the world, and all |iatioD«
shall drink of it ; and the shepherd of Israel shall bd the
vrisdomjof the world, and all the people shall say— ^w««.
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How gooil my soul it is to see,
The morning star arise,
A home and rest prepared fur theoj
Altars aud sacrifice.
To see the shepherd loose liis own,
That's clothed with the fleece,
To see king David on t«. '-one,
And all the world iij, • ' -s
To see the sun.bearas spread abroad,
To eee the cedars fall ;
To see an equalizing God.
To gather Jews and all.
To see the Gentiles place their feet.
Never no more to move ;
To see the Jew and Gentile meet,
' With never-ending love.
To see the hills and fields abound
With fruit, the vines doth bear.
To see the God of Jacob tound.
And Israel gathered there.
To see good Zion upright stand,
And yield a full supply ;
God's holy blessings on the land.
And Israel never die.
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Judah— Come near my breast for a moment, let our
souid run together as 'water, and if we agree not, «wu
,ivUl divide again.
There is but one God, and all that are of his holy
,. spirit, will unite together, as limbs of one body^ as
. members of one fold, as the flock of one shepherd.
There is an impossibility of writing with the chrifltiau
Morid : they are clothed with many blessings ; hat dis-
.quieted with an afflicting curuo that was placed on Adam ;
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Ihe world is unhappy, for Hie sake of those that are in it
The divisions that are in the christian name— >the repeated
changes, and multiplicity of creeds, is a curse on the
christian church : from whence they arose, is unaccounted
for But I will relate unto Israel, these things that are
in my mind. Oh f." >^udah may hear and understand
my spirit, and frorli V*"unce I am — An irreconciliatton
with each other is never-ending misery, or as long as
(he division continues. Members of one body, are jointly
connected ; they all act from one mind, that governs the
personal, or acting abilities of the man. The flock of
one shepherd will feed together, and one water satisfieth
their thirst. If, as christians argue, we all have part in
God through Christ, our accepted Saviour, then I repily,
was it so, that God is of one nature or spirit^ in all tm
human mind — a God of order and of peace? if not so, the
world hath no salvation to come. He orders his own as
the shepherd the flock — he bringeth the distant nations
into one, and bringeth distant relation near together.
Reason and revelation are sisters — twins of one God ;
they will agree — God is the giver of these sisters to the
soul ; and the mind may legally wed with these, and be at
peace. The high places in the earth have a temptation
ifi them, and many thousands bend the knee and worship
' ih.ere. Tliere must be a lower grade of people to support
this elevation : the priest without a people would be as
the king without a subject — the throne would stand on
nothing but an empty title — the shepherd without a flock,
would be in the same case — his name would be in vain ;
and never was a Pharisee of the Jews fonder of an oflice,
than the christian name. Here we see the christian faith
brought to the test — the church is never satisfied — the
dissenters are seeking new pastures- — another kind of
shepherds-^and now and then a new creed. How muth
more glorious is this, then contemptible Judaism ? Many
flocks are on the race ; but the heirs of the prize is
unknown to themselves. . , .
I am cast out from the christian community, (but the
hand'of God hath done this.) ns a branch from the vine,
I am pruned from the christian church. I mourn not,
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neither do I weep for all, or any part of that which they
enjoy. I am confident, my lot is appointed of God, and I
dare not pray against his wilt or presence, to gratify my
unsanctified desires, by any thing I see or hear. I
mourn for nothing, but the salvation of the mind ; neither
weep I for any thing I can see : I cry like an infant for
God's direction ; for all the ways (hat hath been practised
to me are closed up. I mourn not for a restitution of
Ihem to the mind, for they have made no nation or tongue
happy. The pillars of the chistian church are not estab.
-lished, or the members would dissent no more. Strange
it is to hear : Christ received — a Jew dispised, because
he received not the Christian's faitJi — Infidels cursed
from the lips, for not embracing — and Deism is placed
on the left hand side of the question ; and the judges in
the christian world have done all this, but have not
opened the gates of contentment to the mind. He that
saith, a better day is to come, is of a kindred to the Jew
in his soul, but owneth it not in his lips. I am as one
lost In the wilderness — Reason and revelation are my
sister twins, and I am in favour with them : they will
direct my fset in the paths of peace — atone unto me for
all my cries — reward me for my pain, and bless my spirit
.with everlasting life. They are sent of God, to reveal
his name, and unite reason and revelation into one, in the
presence of the Lord. The christian church is ever
pregnant with revelation. When will she cease to bear?
She has brought out her thousand or more — all lawful
heiraof the revelation of God. But every two or three
of these little ones, must have a fold of their own — their
revelation divides them apart — they have all one mother,
revelation, fathers, and God : all claim a title to Christ,
their head — their father, prince, and God. Now quere, the
possibility of God's revelation operating in this way upon
the human mind, or in the soul, the intellect of the man ?
Oh! my kindred, reason is wanting; ye have but one of
these happy and blessed twins, and one cannot be fruitful
alon^. Him that hath received reason, hath received
one of the divine attributes of God, and that whichcChrist
find the prophets^hath merited in the world, for ua ta
uch they
od, and I
ratify my
hear. I
; neither
infant for
practised
tution of
or tongue
lot estab.
Strange
because
lis cursed
is placed
judges in
have not
He that
the Jew
m as one
i are my
: they will
ito me for
my spirit
to reveal
me, in the
h is ever
e to bear ?
-all lawful
> or threa
wn — their
le mother,,
to Christ,
quere, the
way upon
the man ?
3ut one of
be fruitful
received
tclvdhrist
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lode upon. A fall is fur the great; not one whom th«
Lord hath made great in his own eyes> The man wlio
advances himself forward by natural acquired abilities
will step back again, ^br the anointed of the Lord,
If the great are to fall, as Israel hath fallen, I had
rather be united to these that receive reproach than
to those that give it to their fellow-men. Him
that is down, is out of clanger of the fall, and this is
Isr:iol indeed, (for thoy are down in the mind of allflesby
gave their brethren.) This sentiment ,proceedeth from
those that are sitting on thrones, and rules above tho
Jews, The christians have every thing but a quiet mind,
and an Eslallshed Church upon immovable pillars ; but
Ihose they have not obtained in a christian world. —
Strange to hear ! Christ received — believed in, and prac<
tised — ascending prayers in his name, and the world is
not at rest ! Where is he " the Prince of peace ?" In the
liidden mind is tiie reply ; the world loudly express, that
if the mind were at peace, the limbs would be at rest.
But arguments burst from the mind — as sparks from the
burning furnace. They take place in the human mind- —
they inflame the heart, and in a few years become a
people— ^supporting one more priest, prince, and potentate,
than there was before. Oh self-sanctified people ! when
will pride cease to reign, and reason take place in t,he
land? How long will these bursts pervade the earth and
until now, make no peace in the world 1 The christian
divisions are brethera indeed ; for all think themselves
the head of the church ; and in deceived souls, false hope
flatters them to believe^ that others wiU come and serve—
and their church shall bear the title of honour, and a
crown of glory to the nations. A humble submission in
all flesh anointeth one prince, priest, and revelation to
the whole earth : but there must be visible signs of this
princ^, and to make this appear, every priest blows a
trumpet in the name of Emmanuel, and uses all posseaed
means to prove his voice is right ; and now and then
.one will believe and these become his people, and he? is
Lord^and Shepherd over them. The very sun is darkened
by tliii^ exalted practice ; the christian church abounds
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with priests and princes ; but where is the " Prince of
Peace?" Where is the everlasting professed father,
revealed unto us by Isaiah ? Dotii this prince rule with
such austerity that his people have to floe from fold to
ibid, flock to flock, from shepherd to shepherd, for crumbs
of bread? Do they have to leave this father or prince,
to seek another mind, that is more kind and favourable
to their necessities? Oh the want of reason in the
christian church ! but revelation, how it abounds ! ! It
lias become of as many colours as Joseph's coat, and rent
tlie earth asunder— and the very hills tremble because
of revelation this day.
There are now bursts of this kind in the earth contin-
ually:— when will the Christian church cease to bear
young ? — when will tiie earth be at peace ? These are the
productions of the Christian faith, as now received, and
the existing practices of it. Infidelity itself hath reared
its head from the midst of these numerous forms that are
in the world. Where is the possibility of the Jews em-
bracing the Christian's faith, from such proceeds as these ?
They might us well goto Nebuchadnezzar and ajkhim,
which of these sects are the head of the Christian church,
as to ask the members of the Christian body, for they do not
know — ^they wish to try their faith a little longer, and see
if providence will give them the race ; and by the prize,
the lookers on will know, who is the h(iir of tiie blessing.
I shall go to no tribe, nor sect of people, reason forbids ma
to trust in the divided limbs of sucli a body; and Revela-
tion declares that the " Prince of Peace" is not in it, or
all the body would be satisfied, and the limbs at rest. The
tffon of God, nor any of the holy prophets, ever did such^
work as revelation is now doing in the earth. . ,
Reason is wanting, and proof is far off, to enable us to
believe, that Christ is received in this Avorld, or the voice
«f Emmanuel heard in it ; but the wild imagination of the
luind, straying from place to place, fold to fold, as sheep
having no shepherd. And thus 1 behold the Christian
world, as Israel, without a King. A fall is coming, dissen-
•^ions yet increase, there are new sparks arising from tho
«1^ furnace, time will blow them all out, and Christian
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rince of
father,
le with
fold to
crumbs
prince,
aurablo
ia the
9!! It
nd rent
lecause
contin-
:o bear
are thq
)d, and
roared
hat arc
vvs em-
these ?
}k him,
;hurch,
r do not
ind see
prize,
essingi
)ids mQ
tcvela-
\ it, or
The
id such ^
e us to
J voice
of the
sheep
ristiau
iissen.
)m the
ristian
feal and bigotry will cease ; but hot love to God and hi«
glorious name forever. A humble submission would he a
baptism and preparation of mind, consistent with the
coming of the Messiaii ; but exaltation shuts the door agai»)i>t
his feet, and bars the windows against iiis coming into tha
soul, to illuminate the mind with everlasting light, and es-
tablish the Church below the Sun. As a confirmation that
the Messiah hath not come with full mission to save the
world, to "whom the Law and the Prophets bear witness,"
The God of the universe suffers the tempest to remain,
and the mind of the world to bo as unstable water, till the
coming day. The world hath need of a shepherd and
the nations a prince ; but this day will never be accomplish-
ed while the sheperds divide the flocks, and pride and luxu-
ry sits upon the throne of nations.
I am alone indeed, and speak from a lonesome mind.
If the present state of existing activity can arrive at this
glorious and happy daj"",, when all nations shall have one
spiritual prince, and one shepherd ; then men can invent
their, own rest, and build towers (hat will reach to God.
I confess the mother may cease to bear, the sparks all be
blowu out, and the flame exhausted for v/ant of fuel ; but
there must bo another stone laid, another faith practised,
before that day will come. The Christian Church hath
lost the compass, and their course, as well as the Jews,
and are splitting upon those little rocks that are rising up
in thf; deep waters, or the human mind: and that which
divides, weakens, separates limb from hmb, and joint from
joint, and all are professing to be ilie head members of the
body. To which of tl^ese limbs would the Jews unite, to
Inake them a perfect body; and the soul happy ? As I do
not unite with any, I do not encourage the practice, for
in so doing, in that day, they must go to war under the
prince, whose banners they have joined, against their bre-
thren; who upon the same principles, have united with
fome other separated branch of the Christian body: 'for
their great command is, keep your own creed, argue for
it, siibmit your bodies to the little dignitary that governs
the flock. Now Judah, I will speak with thee, and Israel,
hear ; tribujation is the path to peace ; and humility pre^
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pares for the blessing. You see the necessity of the prince
of nations. How lame they are to feed with peuce, or
cheer the thirsting mind, you see the priest, without satis-
fying pasture to feed the flocks, and the sheep astray in
the world. You see the necessity of the great and noble
profession of One God, and a universal Prince to the
world. You see how the flocks are scattered, drinking of
every dirty pool, in their thirst ; and the shepherds bapti-
?iing in every unsanctified stream ! ! Unite with me and
mourn, go not out unto them ; if so, your name will be
lost, and in time, the name of the Highest erased from the
earth. Ye are the witnesses of God, keep alive his name
by remembrance ; he is baptizing you in his own spirit ^
his wrath is kindled upon you, and his anger goeth not out,
neither doth the flame abate. Keep your present faitti,
and remain 9^s yqu are, till the morning star shall arise^
What is more evident than this, that the Christian Sun ia
departing from the western skies. The stars of past ages
liave fled to the Avest, and will sets with the sun, to rise no
more; t. e, the dissenters have been long tried; tho
Christian world hath not been s^ved fi'om their sins, nor
tiie overflowing judgments of fiod. Why should these
st^rs remain to rather cloud ihan light the skies? Tho
Lord will biin^ up from the tomb, those that have been
pillars in the land : it is their name only that is absent in the
earth, their spirit is with God; j Why should another peo-
ple rdle in'*the world, that have not shown a better c\'u
dence fo»rGod, than priests and prophets that have already
been? Reason and revelation will agree to tell us, that
such a change would be in ovain ; abolish our hope, and
leave us to morn forever.
The furnace is spending her strength, the mother op
(Christian church is bringing forth her last born; and
Israel will arise. Oh Juduh, the earth remains in bonds
tor thy salvation. The work is reserved for thee that
neparated the prophets from the world ; and soon shall ye
arise and be doing. Thou must do for those whom thine
hands hath taken away, and atone to God for all that have
bled' at Jerusalem. Wash thy hands in clean water ; pre*
pa re thy heart for the setjjing of theyjiae ; for unexpectedly
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r the prince
I peace, or
thout Kiitis-
p astray in
t and noble
ince to the
drinking of
icrds bapti-
ith me and
nc will be
3d from the
'e his name
own spirit^
eth not out,
Bsent faitii,
3hall arise^
stian Sun ia
>)' past agea
I, to rise no
tried ; the
ir sins, nor
liould these
des ? The
have been
b9ont in the
nother peo-
I better c\u
lave already
tell us, that
r hope, and
I mother or
born ; and
ins in bonds
' thee that
oon shall ye
whom thine
Ul that have
water ; prei*.
nexpectedly
to the world, to you the substance, as the sign, will h»
given, t. e, the Saviour of the world. And he will gather
the nations into ** one fold'\ or faith, and be their ** everlast*
ing father :" and all shall be the children of one peaceful
Prince, and agree in the world ; all nations abasing thenin
•elves before him, taking ofr*!.^ crown from their owu
heads and placing it upon the Messiah of the world.
How long wilt thou wait. Oh Judah, before thou wilt be.,
li^eve these things ? Or when. Oh Israel, wilt thou hear ?
Thy garden is ready, but a Jordan is between thee and thy
rest. Thou through thine own deeds, must be saved, and
then become a saviour to the world. Receive reason and
revelation, and thou art ready to talk with men, and stand
upright before God. Who can hope in so long a failuro
as the Christian church? For although many favours are
conferred upon her, she fails to give the nations rest. She
has priests, princes, kings, and councils, and her diaseoiA
(ers, like the stars, can scarce be numbered ; but the
^* Prince of Peace or the Everlasting Father,** hath not
taken up his abode with them ; but is for thee first. Oh
Israel, for whom he was appointed, and reserved froia
the foundations of the world.
Wait petient, but arise and hopo
For days apd years to come.
For' none shall, perish in their sin«
For God of all's hut One.
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Though absent spirits may be losti
The shepherd's wise to find ;
One throne's the pillar of my faiths
One God above the mind.
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My soul doth for Messiah cry, . . ^
I weep my way to see ;
In One I place my every trusty * ;
And he is Lord to me. . ; <- i^: -:
Altho* the cloud o*or spreads miHQ ^f<iiii^
There's light abroad to come ; , ;, t
And tho' all nations should refuse, ^
I'm comforted by One.
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Daughters of Jerusalem, or Churches of the Holy City —
Wisdom is on her journey — she truvelleth through the
still watches of the night; open your gates for her feet —
get your house ready, and take the stranger in — she is
alone — there is no church with her — she hath no infant
in^ her hand, she travolleth through the broad space of
the earth, seeking rest for her feet and the peace of
notions in this troubled world. The whole earth is under
chastisements, and the crown of kingdoms have their
I)€urt in it. The anger of God is a consuming fire, and
deetroveth the rest of the wicked — consumeth his house,
and taketh his garments away — leaveth him naked in
the storm, and maketh his back bare for the stripes.
House of Israel, hearken unto the words of God, and
sanctify thy soul ; for the Lord will meet with thee in a
way thou knowest not; and all flesh will be disappointed in
his coming. He will bring the event of your sins upon
aJi people, and they .ihall mourn, having no rest for their
feet, nor a form of worship for their souls. When ya see
increasing divisions, and sub-divisions in the earth ;
know thy redemption draweth nigh ; for these are as
stones falling from the christian church, and they will
iiot And their rest again till it is found with thee oh Jacob !
and a building dtone in Israel — a Saviour in Judah, and
a God in his tents. Judah, prepare thine house and little
<>f)es — make ready thy soul as a bride for the bridegroom.
Wisdom is coming, she hath not found a rest for her feet ;
thy Redeemer is in her breast, he is clothed with wisdom
and feeds upon her love. She saith, Israel hath no
reii^ing place — he hath no abiding city — he has no pillar
to build his house upon. The temples of his Grace are
token away ; Zion hath fled from his presence, to him
Sinai is no more ; Horeb is not in the land, and Israel is
without a king. The church hath despised him because
he is brui;;^ed for his sins; his little ones stray in the
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loly City-
through the
r her (eet —
in — she is
ih no infant
ad space of
le peace of
rth is under
have their
ng fire, and
h his house,
m naked in
stripes,
of God, and
h thee in a
ippointed in
Lir sins upon
St for their
Vhen ye see
the earth ;
hcsc are as
nd they will
e oh Jacob !
Judali, and
se and little
bridegroom,
or her feet ;
I'ith wisdom
lel hath no
as no pillar
Grace are
nee, to him
id Israel is
im beoause
stray in the
fields — thoy are hungry, and no hand fccdetli thorn. Thoy
drink not with the maidens at the wclis of love. Trio
golden cup is not placed in his hand, because thu cimrchos
have chastised him fur unbelief. His soul is sore witit
the stripes, and his little ones mourn for the salvation of
the soul. lie drinkcth not because of unbelief — Jacob
waits for purer water than the present churches have to
give. The eyes of Israel cannot discern life in it ; these
mourn, and wait dcpendingly on the mercies of their
God. The baptisms of the churches hath not made them
clean. Their heart is not right towards Jacob, nor the
house of Israel ; they could free the captive, and release
the bonds, they could restore unto Israel the land, that
tlie hands of mcjn hath taken away ; thoy account Jacob
unworthy of a blessing, and support their own kings and
priests. The Lord will build for Jacob, and be a house
unto Israel. Abram is arising to bless his own, and
pestilence and famine will help the house of Jacob, and
be a blessing unto Israel. A scourge of darkness is over
the earth — ai^d the pride of the chriotian churches will
lead the whole house aslrav, and the church will travel
to the wilderness — christian glory is falling, for the name
of the Most iiigh. It is built upon the name of the man
Christ Jesua, end is not written in the spirit of truth. Oh
t)iou that exaltcth thvself, when no one in heaven hath
lified thee up ! Thy dwelling is appointed with the poor,
nud thy paths have an end. Wisdom hath come exalted
above thy gloi*y — she rideth on the wings of the wind —
she walketh on deep waters, and thou cannot find the
way of her feet. She hath concealed her bosom from
the proud : she hid'' lb herself as in the light of the sun,
and the eye of the exalted cai. lot behold her ways — she is
in the desert with these that are lost — the compass of
the mariner, cannot find her ways — the shepherds knoweth
not where she feedeth her young ; neither have the eyes
of the christian church seen her watering place. The
shepherds have despised Israel, and made him as the
soles of their fhet', they have made him the object of
derision, that hath placed the bible in their hands. They
have despised his little ones, and not blessed them fur
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their r.aher^s sake. Tho Lord hath lifted up his hand
ngainsttho proud — ho will suroly slay — lie will chastise
the church timt hath despised Israel. She hath sold her
shepherds fur gold, and she hath bought with money. She
is as ail harlot, and not the true church or the dwelling of
the most high God. Wisdom hath forsaken her altars —
she dwclloth not in their tents ; neither is she in the house
of their prayers. They have sold for gain, and bought
with money — while Israel wept. His blood is upon them ;
they drew not near to comfort him that mourned ; but
chastised with a scourge because of unbelief. How
could Israel believe where no house was built, where
the stones were nut squared, nor the workman placed
them together?
Ho\^ could Israel believe in a changing house, or
moving stone. How could Israel believe the church
built on the christian faith was right, and still dissenting
till this day? ^
Christian church, pny thy debts unto Israel and be free ;
reword him for the book of wisdom Im blood and spirit
hath placed in thy hands. Thou hast received his goods ;
and holdeth him as a slave or captive in this world.
Sliew a better work than he has done, and then let
ihe reformed Gentile say unto him — ^thou art my servant ;
our scribes have exceeded thine in glory and in wisdom,
and thou must be our servant — for the Lord hath con.
ferred on u3 that which she hath taken from thee.
Equalise the bible. Shew greater marks of God's lovo
and mercy to the children of men than Israel ; remove
his pillars and build again. Put a crown upon thy head
that exceedeth David — shew more devotedness in thy
Psalms, and more sincerity in thy prayers — Shew a more
noble pattern for the house of God, and more liberality o^
spirit ; and then boast thou art the chosen of the Lord,
and call on thy deeds to prove as the evidences of his
will, that they exceed in thee, the days of Israel, and thy
reformation exceedeth theirs. Know that thou art poor
with God : and the fat things of this world are a snare
to thy feet — and the gold of thy temples, hath led the
feet of thy shepherd astray,' and the flocks beginneth to
moura for bread. Thy faith faileth in the heart of thy
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II chastise
1 sold her
)ney. She
IweiUng of
jr altars —
I the house
lid bouglit
poo them ;
irned ; but
ief. How
lilt, where
lan placed
house, or
he church
dissenting
[id be free ;
and spirit
his goods ;
his world,
d then let
ly servant ;
in wisdom,
1 hath con.
Tom thee,
od's love
il; remove
thy head
ess in thy
lew a more
iberality of
the Lord,
ices of his
|el, and thy
»u art poor
re a snare
led the
glnneth to
lart of thy
httlo ones, and are looking up to God with prayers ; for
allllcsh hath gonu iistriiy, uiui thc.'ir candlestick m removed
out of its place. Siio these thin^^s, oh Israel! — Daughters
of Jernsalctn, arise — thy sun is rising — thy Ciod is coming
with fond embraces. Thou shall mourn, but tind his love :
he hutii not set the GorUiIrs over tlice forever,nor his lamp
to exceed in glory ; thou canst speak witii him this day,
and Htutid as a pillar in the land. Thy God hath been
thy Saviour in thy boruls ; he closed up the doors of thy
heart, and this present dispciisation could nol enter in.
!f not so, where would Israel be ? The blood of
Abram would be divided against itself, and have fallen
to the |t;roin>d. A little space thou shalt be sorrowful — and
thou shalt be comforted. A crown shall be placed upon
thee : thou shalt be a kingdom, and a city shall be given.
Thou hadst no pillar to build upon — nothing was still in
this world, the christian church changeth her garments,
as often as a maid of fashions. How could Israel believe
in an uncstablished faith ? and still the christians wonder
with astonishment, why they cannot convert the Jews.
J Oh blind Israel is the language ! the Lord hath closed
up thine eyes — he hath forbidden thee to see — he hath
sworn in his wrath that ye shall not be heirsof the wis-
dom and good things that wo enjoy. The Lord bath
sworn indeed, Israel shall not be a communicant with
the christian church ; he hath bread in store for him — he
will prepare the heart and Iredy give.
He bath chastised Israel with his own band ; ho
bath made a scourge of all nations, and madehis
his soul to smart with the stripes ; and he hath not
thrown the scourge away out of his hand. When they
shall have scourged Israel till it is enough, they shall
lash each other as they are doing, this day, and they shall
feel the stripes they have laid upon Israel, and their soul
shall smart with the wound. As they know not who
Ishall dwell in the high places—who shall go up on Sinai,
or stand on Horeb : they are in strife for it, and contend
about the prize. And the christian church is divided tor
the want of a prophet among them, or a lamp to direct
their way ; wisdom hath fled from their gates — she hath
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left them ia the mire and clay. And the christian
church is in contention about earthly things ; and tiiero
is no stone in her for Israel to build upon.
Oh Jacob, arise for thine own house, and speak for
thine own blood, and the Lord will strengthen thee, and be
the arm of thy power. He will do for thee with his
own hands : Thou hast trusted in him and he will con-
vert thy soul ; and no christian church shall be crowned
with the honour of thy name. Wisdom is at thy doors —
she is waiting at thy gates. Arise ! hear her calls, and
take her in. — She will build and rebuild for thee. She
will teach thee^ anew of things that are both new and old.
She will be the pillars of thine house — She will give unto
thee that which thou hast never seen— and communicat(
that unto thee which thou hast never heard, — the Lon
hath in store for thee from the foundation of the world —
and unmeasured love is in his breast. Through thee
will he love all nations, and in thy name shall all tiesh bo
j;athered unto the wisdom of one God.
The sword shall cease, and the spear shall be no mone
drawn out unto blood ; for in thee all nations shall be at
peace, and see Emmanuel.
Thehills shall fall,the Tallies rise,
A beaming Ban appear,
Jehovah's name enlight the skies,
And all shall see and hear.
The trumpet's in his holy hand,
And Wisdom loud proclaims
Peace and salvation in the land —
An end to sects and names.
Behold the stones! how oft they more,
The church is never still,
The land divides for want of love,
Nor finds the Saviour's will.
tvo to the desert, oh my soul !
Where man has never been,
And thou shalt see the vine is whole.
And every herb is green. ■
Tbere's no deformity of mind.
Where Lord's did never stand,
And there my soul her bread ehull find,
And blessings on the land.
le christian
and tliero
id speak for
thee, and be
lee with his
he will con-
be crowned
thy doors —
3r calls, and
thee. She
lew and old.
ill give unto
ommunicat(
, — the Lon
the world —
rough tlieo
all tlesh bo
be no more
shall be at
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In silence I my God will hear,
In secret will I pray,
And Israel's foes my God shall fear,
That lights the darkeu'd way.
Wisdom, fair morning of my joys,
With thee my soul shall sing,
Thy breath this day my hand employs,
And thou art Israel's king.
Oh ! these are subjects of thine own.
That's scatter'd far abroad,
For these thine hand prepares a throne.
And thou art Israel's God.
Give me a part in Israel's fields,
To keep some gate or door.
And what the vine to Israel yields,
My soul doth ask no more.
LETTER 8th.
July 9th, 1835.
What shall I do to be saved ? I have no king nor law-
giver saith the house of Jacob, or the tents of Israel.
The pillars of the earth are moveable, the church hath
wings and fleeth from place to place — her own are not
comforted, and I am in want. The waters fail, and the
bread wasteth away. The christian church is hungry,
und she is not satisfied ; she thirsteth for that she doth
not possess; and where is the salvation ofthewoifl?
There is no peace on our present Zion — neither are the
princes marked with the seal of the living God. I will
close mine eyes, that I see not, for there is no way for
the feet of Jacob, nor is there a rest prepared for Israel.
We hope from age to age — we are disappointed in our
trust, and our lives wasteth awny in despair ; we beget
I'Ule ones, and they grow up before us— we have no
vineyards for their feet, and they are servants in the land ;
our voice is not heard in the courts, save vis criminals ; we
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tremble at the bar. The pulpit is closed against us, and
the doors of the church receive us not, but as aliens to
our God. Our sun riseth not, and the day is dark upon
us : there is no prophets in our tent, nor have we a prince
in the land. Our little ones enquire of our fathers and
we relate unto them — they strayed with their feet, and
erred with their hands ; and the chastisements of many
ages are upon us, and our harps are unstrung before the
Lord. Who shall rise in Jacob, or what nation shall make
Israel glad in boart ? We wait from the rising to the setting
8un,but the comforter cometh not unto us. We are poor id-
deed, and there are none to lend us a hand of mercy in our
ways.The cry is, walk with us and be saved.The shepherds
are as numerous as the stars, and the flocks as the
tents of Israel. The world is disordered in the head, and
the church keepeth not her steady course. Error is the
£hepherd's cry. In whom shall we trust,oh lost and undone
Israel ? Jacob, I have heard thy lamentations ; they sink
deeply in mine ears, and reach my very heart. I am aa
thou art : the shepherds pass me by, and no one numbereth .
me for his own. I am in the mire and clay, and no hand
of mercy cometh unto me to deliver my feet from bonds.
A few are with me, but fjir off — They cannot lend a hand
to the infirm. They are weak in mind and young in
faith ; all they had was taken away when they were cast
out from the christian church, to wander in ihe world.
They have laid a stone witli their hands, and it moveth
not ; the storm beateth, and the breath of the highest in
church discipline, creeds^ and faith, have blown their
breath upon it. It rematneth square, and the hand of God
moveth not. I remain without the gates of the city till
these things are Written unto thee : if possible thou may
believe there is one that loveth, and giveth the mind to
participate in thy grief.
I write not for a reward or fee ; but to communicate
my mind unto thee, oh house of Jacob, and tents of Israel.
From whence cometh these things 1 query, and be sober.
They proceed not from the bosom of the church, neither
are they the proceeds of the christian name : they are
truly from God, that loveth thee, oh Isruel ! and they will
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come to pass the things that are herein written. I hav«
not established iny rest in any city, nor with any peopk) ;
neither hath the hand of the Lord done this. But ever
keepeth it in my mind, that I must part with the few, for
these that are lost. I have yet a sacrifice to make, and a
vow to perform to God anil the people. But then shall
I bs free from alljthe earth ; but thee, oh Israel ! ye are
the last remains of the human family that beareth upon
mv mind.
When I am made clean, I will come unto thee, and
when I am made naked I will apply to thy tents for a
covering for my mind. Life and length of days are in
the hands of the Lord, and I dare not doubt his will.
When ye read these lines and find any to equal them in
love, or surpass them in understanding ; then say in thy
soul, they are invention, and my soul is seeking honour
with you, who am now cast out from the christian
church. I seek no honour, where I am my tent can be
found — my dwelling is not under the shadow of .he vine,
neither an, T idle in the world. What God has given,
I must giv <! t office or appointment I receive not from
the hands » t" M '11 ; Oil hath not been poured upon my
head; neither are the gates of the christian sanctuary opefi
to my soul. My days are darkened with the thick cloudd
of the east, and these that overcome Judah and Israel.
My hope liveth, because it is given of God ; and these
lines are the proceeds of my hope ; and what I do in
my own country is the evidence of my soul. My spirit is
from a far and distant hill. It is older than Israel^ and
was before Moses was born into the world ; because
the Lord God of Jacob and of Israel, giveth me^that which
hath not been revealed. I neither ask alms nor break
bread with the churches that are ; I am not depending on
the hills nor cities, but a daily supplicant to my God, that
hath upheld my spirit in the wilderness. Almost the
desert of the world is my abode, and I confer not with
flesh and blood about the things of God, neither do I beg
reception among you, nor ask you to strip yourselves of
your own clothes, and give them to me. He that gave
unto me M'hen I was naked and alone, can give me still :
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the wells of his mercy are not dry, "-either doth his love
forsake my mind, he bindeth together and none divideth ;
he setteth apart, and none bindeth up that which he hath
broken, lie is a God of decrees, and keepeth them.
There is salvation in his breast for thee, oh Israel ! and
a pathway to thy home. Believe, and he will give unto
thee — he will prove, and be ye satisfied from whence
cometh these things. Thy redemption is not in the
power of man. But thy home is under the Gentile's feet,
and they walk scornfully on the Holy Land. They are
unknown to thy God, and sin is not imputed unto them.
The Lord will stretch out his arm over Judah and
Jerusalem. The clouds of the east shall be over it, till
the coming day that thy redemption shall appear — till
thy feet are released from bonds — the prison doors
opened — and the cords of iron fallcth off; Then shall
the waters help thee. Islands shall speak of thee and be
glad. Zion shall tremble at thy coming — Horeb shall
.shake at thy presence, and Sinai give the laws. Thus
«halt ye see signs in heaven, and wonders on the earth, and
Israel shall doubt no more ; neither shall the voice
be heard from his lips, i, e, what shall I do to be saved 1
Crowns shall help thee to the water-course ; nations shall
be afflicted because of thee and the inhabitants of the earth
shall wish thee home ; for the day cometh in which it
shall be said, thy bonds are a curse to the land.
Let not the harp e'er long delay,
The sun will rise that's Israel's day,
For now his light begins to shine,
In deeds of glory that's divine.
The murmer of the Jew's shall cease,
For God doth make a lasting peace,
And Israel's name, a living stone,
Shall be a people all alone.
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Behold the christian's evenin*: star.
Their glory rose, and spread a-far ;
But Israel's bright and beaming sun
Will morn and evening oyercomc.
^oth his love
ne divideth ;
'jicli he hatli
epeth them.
Jsrael ! and
ill give unto
otn whence
"ot in the
entile's feet,
They are
unto theni.
Judah and
over it, an
appear— till
ison doors
Then shall
'lee and he
loreh shall
' earth, and
the Voice
he saved ?
itions shall
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^vhich it
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LETTER 9th.
July 10th, 1835.
Judah, where is thy hope ? Israel, where is thy friend T
Hath the sun, moon, and stars, disappointed thee in their
courscw? Doth the moon cease to change, or hath the
sun gone out of iiis appointed way ; Are not the constel-
lations of heaven right, and the planets in the order of the
skies ? The Lord hath made his covenants with them,
and sealed his name upon them. The sun is a providential
light, and faileth not to enlighten every generation that
Cometh into the world. The moon changeth for a season,
nnd returneth again to her usual sphere of action. Is thy
hope lost ! Is it buried in the tomb with the prophets, or
doth thy prospects slumber in the dust? Tlie Lord
apreadeth the shadow of the night as an apron upon the
globe, and in the morning he taketh it away. The
shadow of his hand is upon thee, oh Judah! and he hath
separated Israel from his friend. Cannot the Lord remove
his hand, that causeth the moon to change, and hasteneth
the sun from the cast, to the western skies ? Can he not
return unto thee that hath made the planets swift in there
course, and fixed the stars, that they are still ? Who
hath he forsaken, that trusteth in him ? Who has he
deprived of a blessing in the appointed time? Doth he
not rule over the Gentiles, and visit and revisit them
according to their works ? He hath drawn a Ime between
Ihee and the christian church — thev cannot come to
thee ; neither canst thou go unto them, because the
decrees of God are so, and surpass our understanding.
The christians have used endeavours to remove the wall ;
but it is strong — it hath foundations ; the Lord ia the
maker and builder of it.
Call on thy hope to arise, oh Judah of Israel ! — Israel
seek thy friend in the still watches of the night ; he is the
Lord that faileth not ; who hath made the earth for his
own, and replenished it for his own name's sake. Will
he never pardon ? Will he never forgive ? Is there no
repentance for sin, or atonement for guilt ? Is there not
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a blessing or balm for him that is sore ? Improve thy
heart, oh Judah ! and build thine howse, oh Israel ?
Thou hast a friend ; he dravveth lines in thy mind, and
biddeth thee pursue. Thou shalt find the beginning of
another day ; but the end of it, thou shalt not see. Hath
ihe Lord broken covanants with Abrani, or is Israel cast,
off forever ? Is there any prophet that hath declared, this ?
or hath the Christ sworn that Israel shall not ha saved ?
For Israel, hath the prophets wept with tears of bitterness,
and sat solitary in ihe lonely place. The son of God,
80 called, sought the salvation of Israel — his councels are
good — he is God^s evidence of the everlasting truth ; but
his present disciples know him not, but in person. Tho
upirit of prophesy is not conferred upon them ; neither
arc their eyes enlightened to see Israel's way. The Lord
hath blessed them according to their fust ; and confoun-
tled them according to their pride and exaltation. Him
that hath come, will come ; and him that is, h.ath ah'eady
heen : arid cliastisement is, to work repentance, and
correct the soul.
1^1 any things were committed to thy trust, Judah and
Israel ; but for want of confidence, they are lost, and the
very earth, and the blessings of it, hath gone out of your
liands. But all tiiat have been conferred upon you, is in
the hands of God, and him that taketh away, hath it in
his power to give. .fudah,let thy hope arise. Israel, bj
comtbrted in thy friend. It is his own hand that scndeth
these things to thee from the wilderness ; and the wisdom
of man hi«th neither lot nor part in it. I am but a servant
of a master — as for my frail limbs, they are but dust, and
earnestly seek the tomb for a place of rest. For I am
not comforted in this present world ; I am unaccepted by
them that are in it ; and mourn because the inhabitants
are not comforted. I hope in God, and serve for the
salvation of the soul. The city of rest is far off, but hope
inspires my way, and the love of God faileth not — he
removeth the shadow of night, and taketh his garments
from the sun, and by the light of heaven, he doth direct
ijiy feet. And although he changeth his countenane upon
me for a moment — he returncth again ; and my spirit is
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mprove thy
oh Israei f
' mind, and
winning of
'ee. Hatli
Israel casf,
ft'ed. this ?
he saved ?
hitterness,
1 of God,
uncels are
ruth; hut
an. The
; neither
I'he Lord
confoun.
fi. Him
I already
ice, and '
dah and
and the
of your
5U, is ill
th it in
I'ael, hy
3cndeth
visdoni
servant
St, and
I* I am
ted by
)r the
hope
£— ho
nents
iirect
upon
'it is
the servant of an fmmutable God ; he faileth not in
directions ; he hath appointed the course of the planets,
and fixed .the stars. Will he forsake his own creature
and servant, man ? Who can cast away his hope, and
make a histing covenant with despair ? The scriptures
hath not revealed eternal damnation to the sons and
daughters of man ; for although the flame ceaset not^
nor the furnace goeth not out. and the chaetisments for
sin are forever more ; and hell consumeth that we may
know the passions of the Most High God — he can ha
mihjied hy a humble submission ^ and posillvs obedienee
to his will J end this atones fo- all the sinful guilt that is
visited on the mind of i i. Uhell is forever u .." ih«
generations of the earth, and an that sinneth, have iheiw
portion in the lake that bumeth with brimstone and fire.
This is a copiparison of God's vengeance on the mind,
or in the soul ; and no man sineth, but receiveth it.
Affliction worketh repentance and atonement for our
guilt, and sets us free from the burning flame. Judah thou
hast thy part in the burning lake. The want of submission
to law and prophets, hath placed thy mind in it, according
to thy sins — and thy long captivity, will work a change
of heart, and a reformation of soul ; and the Lord God
of Israel doeth it. The Lord broke his covenants with th«
earth for thy sake, that thou mayest believe, and he only
is thy God. He hath not broken but deceived thee in
thy trust, and disappointed thee in thy hope ; when thou
believed in other Gods, and the way that false lips did
reveal unto thee. As God restores — receive, and shorten
the captivity of thy days. Oh hasten and diminish the
number of them. Prolong not the days of thy salvation ;
nor put the mercies of thy God far aw^ay. As the Lord
giveth thee a heart, so practise, and the rivers toill divide^
and the seas bear up thy feet to thine own shores. The
Lord requireth of thee deeds of religion. Be not conten-
ted with the product of the earth in a strange land, least
the Lord increase your burden, and multiply stripes upon
you — increase your bonds, and make the heart to bum
with your guilt. The designs of the Lord are neaf
unto thee j and be is minded to shew his mercy upon you
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to all people, nnd heal the bleedi "' ound, bind up the
broken limbs, and anoint the sores of Israel. He will
remove the shadow of the night — he clouds the sun with
a shade, and bringeth him out in the fulness of hi«
strength. He causetli his garments to disappear, and
they are lost in the skies ; and we behold with our eyes
the constancy of the providence of our God- Israelis
not cast off forever ; he will give unto thee, oh Jacob \
ii new mind, and such as thou had in the beginning ; and
Israel shall be glad in God his Saviour. He will give
precepts unto Judah, and laws unto David ; and he shall
gather Israel under the shadow of his wings, and thou
.shall see no harm, for the Lord is the shepherd of Israel.
His days shall be long and full of mercy. The favours
of the Lord shall be visited Upon him ; and the mercies
of the Most High, shall heal all his striped, and bind up
ail his bleeding wounds.
Oh ! then shall Israel gladly sing,
We're lost, but found a living king ;
Our wounds and bruises that were sore,
. Doth mourn, complain, nor bleed no more.
Israel, speak with thy Christian brethren aboutthe things
of God, and be removing the wall that is buiU up between
you ; for the Lord will take up the line that he hath drawn,
and Consume the wall. He hath only put the inhabitants
apart for a time to fulfil his ordinations, purposes and ap-
pointments ; and then he will bring them together again.
But from the beginning of the world, he requireth men to
Work for their rest with their own hands, and make a last-
ing peace with God. That birth-right which God giveth in
the beginning of life he taketh away; and he hath broujjht^
misery to all our gates, that we may how down and
remove the stone, and put away the cause of complaints
that he holds against us. There is but one God, and one
means to all people. And as God hath done by one, he
hath done unto all flesh that is in the world ; all suffe\'
for their sins the wrath and vengeance of God upon them.
One baptism bringeth the minds of this world into one,
and the scattered hmbs and tribes of the earth intoOda
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» bind up the
lel. He will
the sun with
Iness of his
appear, and
th our eyes
^' Israel is
■f oh Jacob !
inning j and
fe Will give
md he shall
and thou
i of Israel,
^he favours
he mercies
id bind up
re.
'the things
p between
ith drawn,
^habitants
's and ap-
er again,
fb men to
ke a last-
giveth in
' brought
^"wn and
mplaints
and one
one, he
n them,
to one,
ntoode
body, and one fold ; or . ith is appointed to all tho carlb,
that there may be Y ij^lng peace in the land.
Israel, thy baptisms arc the events of sin. In thco all
flesh should see tho vengeance of an angry God, ami nono
can redeem thco till thy full time is expired.
But then, him that shut tho prison door will open unto
thee, and all thy little ones shall be free from the prison
gate. As yc were the first called, yo were the first smitten
and afflicted of God ; but the Christians have not been
able to build a throne for thee, or place thy feet in the hea-
venly way. On thee tho Lord hath shewn his own chas-
tisements, and he hath forbid that any should clothe thy
back from the stripes, till his anger is all fulfilled, which
be hath pro-determined according to foreknowledge, and
tho independant will of an ovor-ruling God. If yo were
wrong, oh house of Israel, why did not the right arise to
thrones of peace ? and why was not the house of the con-
demnor built upon the " immoveable rock"? Christians,
like Israel, have to seek their rest ; and the exalted hea-
then make a change of life. When the stone is laid the
house will be built ; but the Lord hath not until this dfvy
laid a corner-stone in Jacob that will not remove, nor placod
a rock in Israel. And the Christians are as destitute of
an established faith as the wandering mind of the house
of Jacob, or the tribes of Israel. One name is the Re-
deemer of the world. In his name the earth was? '^"eated
mid the hills arose. He commands the storm, anci the
waters obey his word. He is the God of Israel and the
Saviour of the Jews. Him that cometh in his name shall
save, and none shall hinder him ; tlie sand will roll under
his feet : the storm shall beat, but move not ; he is Israel's
God, and blessed is his name. It is a rock in Israel, and
•a stone in Judah that will not pass away : it is the spirit
of truth coming to govern the world, and make his tent
and tabernacle with us, and take up his abode on the earth,
where Moses saw him when his great will and deeds were
jyealed to man.
, Who can reason with a Jew about a superior God, or of
a faith in a greater than Jacob's trust, and Israel's friend ?
There is none : then cease to boast, all ye tribes of earth.
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unto Israel : Weigh him in a just balance, and he will be
found to bo the legal heir cf things that God has given to
the world, and all is given him, that he has given the
world. And he is honoured for his fuith according to his
merits — It will be found there is not another stone on
earih. to build the house of God upon ; neither is there a
tribe in heaven exalted above his name. Mas the chris-
tian church done more than Judah ? Remember the pro*
f»hcts and wivse men that were born of Israel, the glory of
lis house, and his zeal for God's most holy name, — his
liberality in contributions, offerings, sacriiiccs and altars,
for the name of religion : And all will cease to boast that
now inherit the earth. Thus the wall will remove, and
the line be withdrawn.
Whatever christians are, they arc the proceeds of
Israel, and their hands arc stained with the blood of
thousands ; and who hath said their church sludl stand,
and remain forever as a pillar in the earth, and that Judah
and Benjamin shall be cast away from the presence of the
living God? There is no prophesy to justify these say.
ings ; but that false Christs shall arise and deceive ma-
ny ; but false Gods there cannot be, because God is a
Spirit, and is proveable by his works. '
Who hath revealed unto us his name ? A Jew. Who
hath shewn us his great and wondrous works, how the
pillars of the earth were hud, and his hands built thereon '/
The blood of Jacob. Who hath revealed unto us things
to come, and made the deeds of time manifest to the
mind? a Jew. And who can boast over this nation?
Who believed in Christ ? the Jews — and were a liglit to
the Gentiles. And now, must they be cast oft'? Who hath
borne the Judgments of God for sin ? Who hath been the
heirs of all the passions of God ? The seed of Abram — and
to him literally (as a nation) pertaineth the covenants for-
ever. If another shrll arise before them, then hath the
Lord made a distinction of bloods and nations. Wiiy
should Israel be cast off, and another elected ? That holy
prophet said their lionse shonUl be left desolate, and their
city lost ; but not that they sh.ould be cast off forever, and
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tliat without remedy. All this the Lord hath done to
change the mind of Israel, and give him a new nitme, or
mind that will stand forever.
And him that is from everlasting to everlasting, is
able and will oflect his own purpose in Jacob, add
and redeem in Israel : and his everlasting covenants shall
be worn as a varment on the mind. None has exceeded
Jacob in faith : none hast loved more than Israel. He is
the Lord's chosen one : he will write his name upon him,
as at the begin ing, he will become as the corner alone of
the world, and him that buildeth thereon shall not be mo-
ved.
Israel's faith, and Israel's laws,
My heart, my soul, my plea, my cause !
The stone that Moses made so square,
Will all the house of Israel bear. , v :.
Moses shall to the mountain go,
While names and nations rest ^low
One hand shall write upon the stone ' ' ' '
Such laws as earth hath never known.
And this is God and Israel's plan
Tobe a Saviour unto man,
The eye shall see, the ear shall hear,
And Son's in glory will appear.
The moon and stars, presume to tell
The victory over death and hell.
And David's harp shall long declare
Hi^ soul hath been a prisoner there.
Sweet as the mom his name shall rise.
From the deep tomb where Israel lies,
His deeds of life will be as clear,
As when our morniiig Sons appear.
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July 11th. 1835.
Judah, thine eyes shall see through watching, thou shalt
rise early and find the mercies of the Lord, in a day of
trouble. Thy sun ariseth : thy day is coming, delay not ;
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ncliljur put awiiv thy hope iVoiii tliy breast. Tlu;ro is a
(iny of blessing ibrthoiKj timt mourn, niid comfort for lliu
uHlictod. Thy time ii come when tliou slialt arlHu in
thouglit,and in deep inoditulion behold tho wonders of
thy God. Thy evenings are swiftly |)ussing uway ;
and thy mornings hustun to thy embrace.
• Judah, Why are the niUions troubled ? Reason with
thy God. In tlic still watclics of the night, enquire of thy
sou), and she will reveal unto thee — the earth is in bap.
tisni for thy sake : and God deniands of the earth, what
is duo unto thee for thy lon^ captivity in it.
He hath not suffered the pillars of the earth to rest whilHt
thou wast without the gates of tlie city, or in bonds. Thy
God requires a worRlwp of thee which hath not been ; and
when it is performed, the world will see peace, and thu
earth will have a pillar in it.
The Lord requireth one faith, and practice of all people,
hegmmng in Israel, and reaching to the cndsof the world.
Now, he weigheth all nations in a scale, and tryeth all
flesh in the balance ; and he hath not found one church,
island, or nation to whom he hath said, *' peace, be still,
thou art my chosen in whom I am well pleased." Thu
■and rolls — tho mountains fall — and the hills are removed
out of their place. The flocks thirst — the shepherds
curse their for<^ — their unceasing pea and tongue arc
not at rest. Beiiold Judah, the world is like sand, that
is rolling under the feet of men, in a tempest of trouble ;
Hope remains ; but peace is taken away. The world
hopeth, but knoweth not in whom to hope. For the
fiocksare not satisfied; neither can the shepherds reveal
Israel's days to the world. The testaments are too
mighty for them, and the princes in Israel remain to be
the rabbis of the world in revelation, and the mercies and
favours of an unbounded God. The vallies look pale
with the feet of strangers — they are daily passing from
eity to city, from fold to fold, and there is no green thing
iit them; the trees are bare — the fields are barren —
thii young in religion hath reached out an unsanctified
hand^ and gathereth from the vine, and the tree, before
tht harvest day. They have partaken of them, and
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Ihoy are confounded with the fruit of the trcci and tho
vines that Israel hath set in the vineyards of the whole
etirth : t, e, tho teslumonts are too mighty for them, and
the king's son cannot unfold tho leaves thereof, nor tho
princ's of the land interpret for tho scribes of Israel.
Iloro Israel remains in dominion : these books are his
own, and God will give unto him the interpretation
thereof; and Judnh and Benjamin will read them to the
world. Then shall the curth be saved, and Deism flee
as vanitv and smoke boforu tho risin':; sun. None has
taken the pen from Judaii ; nor tho words of truth out of
his lips. Tho world hath cast him away before his
work was done ; but the Lord hath fixed his eys upon
him — ho is tho Lord's anointed for a great enc' , and in
his name shall all people be saved from their sins. The
Lord hath scaled him for an everlasting purpose ; neither
hath he made the name of Abram in vain to all the genera-
lions of the world. He is a fixed star in Israel, and his
light goeth not out for ever — of his blood is the salvation
of tho world ; tho crown is for his head, and the way fc"
his feet, and another shall not walk before him in it. Gid
will add blessing unto blessing on his name ; and his
joys shall exceed his sorrows, and his name shall never
be blotted out.
He is tho Patriarch of ages, and tho pillar of thq^world't*
peace. The Lord will send a blessing unto Abram froui
tile wilderness : and a Crown from the desert shall como
upon him. The Lord prepareth in secret ; but his deeds
shall come to light. He hath redeeincd all the limbs of
Jacob from captivity in his will, and former things shall
come to pass.
Tho Lord is wonderful in his ways — unsc^ichable in
his wisdom ; and of the endof his days, nor the excellency
of his name is not. He doeth, and none '^an forbid — he
laycth a stone, with his own hands and it moveth not.
He causeth the hills to bow down and embrace the earth,
and the high mountains to remove out of the way ; for
him, thoy have despised in their lips — afflicted Israel.
The trees are his — he set the vine in the earth 5 and the
exalted are grown fat on the labour of his hands. But the
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he hath done in the world. And the Lord will tue fir
it through great tribulatiolif till Israel and Judah are
honoured with their due. The lamp of Israel shall not go
out, nor his name be removed till the nations are at
peace. His scribes will weigh in the balance with all
the earth ; and the faith that hath been practised in his
name, exceedeth the highest hills under the sun. Why
should he be removed, or his lamp put out ? His candle-
stick remaineth alone, as the lamp wanting oil. Is there
an impossibility with God, that Israel shall not receive,
or that the mercies of God reacheth to the ends of the
world, where the hand of the Lord hath placed him?
That he might shew his mercy upon him, and redeem
his blood from all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people ;
th{^t the name of God, through Israel, be known to all flesh
under the sun. He was first called to be a light to the
Gentiles, and he is chosen to fulfil ; and that which the
christian church cannot do, will be performed by Israel.
Atid in the bosom of Abram, shall all the nations be at
re$t ; for his mind is broader than the earth, and deeper
than the sea. It hath been the house of wisdom, and
the revelation of God. And that which hath proceeded
from his loins and hath been practised in his name, is the
only christian means to light the whole world. These
j^ are messengers in the name of Abram ; for him that
' Teceiveth not the servant rejecteth the master. Therefore
through Abrani came the mercies of God to the world.
Him that giveth is the interpreter, and him that writeth,
knoweth what he saith. Therefore the books of the tents
of Abram are given to the christian world ; but the full
Interpretation of them is in the tents of Israel. The
Lord will add unto these lines that are written by his
blood — he will place a new book in his hand — he will
trim his lamp with oil, and the light of it shall illuminate
the earth, and give light to the ends of the world, and
in his name all flesh shall be saved.
I have found these ihings in my own mind, when I
was seeking wisdom. The doors of the church are shut
against me, and the gates of the house are closed up,
these thiugs
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add I go to the hillij and fields, and the foundations of
still waters to devote my soul unto God. And that which
he giveth I receive, and worship there. I covet no house
nor crave no dwelling in the christian name .; neither to
be the shepherd nor one of the flocks of the present
system, for peace is not in it, neither is (he name of the
Most High written there, nor the inner temple of tEi«
high priest sanctified for the feet of Israel nor Abram^c
name cannot enter there. The work is received^ — the
builder cast away; they say unto him, change thy
garments, and come into our temples, and we will
receive, and break bread and drink wine together !
Him that receiveth not the blood of Abram, with the
chastising hand of God upon him, receiveth not him that
chastises. .\nd here I will close this letter^ and the wise
interpreter may relate unto me, how a church can r9Ject
the servant and receive the Lord.
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Although the desert frowns,
And gulphs tremendous roar,
My soul the Lord renowns, . !
Though I am bruis'd and sore.
My worship doth not fail,
The woods and fields receive —
And here I see the scale
And write as I believe. ► -
The morn affords me peace,
Bright stars attend my soul,
My praise doth never cease,
Nor the still waters roll. % r
My temple cannot fall,
Built by the hand of God. -^
Alone I hear the call —
Declare my name abroad,
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No Lord^s are at the door,
Here I atone for sin,
'Till there is sin no more.
Oh woods and fields my home !
Below the spreading skies,
My temple is unknown,
And there no priests dosptse.
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I have not wrote from a reflecting mind concerning
the Church of Christ, (she is the light of the present day,
and the <' staff of nations") ; but it must be obvious to
all| she hath not found her rest, neither doth her feet
stand on that stone that is immoveable ; (as to the salvation
of souls I am not doubtful ; for as the Law of the man is,
go is he, and none can extend beyond their allotted
bounds^ but as the various limbs of the christian church
is divided into as many parts as the tribes of Israel ; it
is evi4ent she has a broken mind, and is not one perfect
or compact body. The want of reconciliation in the
christian <)hurch, proves a deformity of the mind. The
shepherds are not accomplished to administer the bread
of reconciliation to the world, which is the life of Christ
^4 ^^ Prophets: for these means reconcile all flesh
to one God, whose kingdom is not divided against itself,
having one wise king and head, the Creator of the world.
I have wrote to give the Jews the honour, that is their
due for past ages of life, and for giving the Bible and
New Testament to the world. For bringing forth the
similitude of a Saviour from the bosom of the Jewish
Church, whose councils are salvation to the soul, and
reconciliation with God. But as he was flesh, and in
him God hath not appeared unto all men. I believe in
a day to come, and a dispensation unknown, and hope
with Israel.— Amen, i^ ^ ^n i; * ,,;; .,.,-: ^^^^
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That's with me novf, and is to be ;
Come down from heaven with deeds of love,
And shew thy servants worlds above.
Thine hands to place the living stones.
That's to the world unseen, or known«
Thy name to rule, thy love to reign.
Until the man of siii is slain. ,
The woods and fields my temple now t
I'll worsUip-^and I'll keep ipy vow,
For thou design and will fUlfii,
All the direotioQs of (by wiU^ :< v/i :i>
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Imagination lights the skies ;
But Israel's God there is no more.
To light the world from shore to shore.
What varied laws are in the breast.
Still Reeking, but not finding rest,
Until Emmanuel hath come.
To give the world another sun. ;
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' July 11% 1835. '^
Israel — Where is thy rest ? Is it under an oak, or under
the shadow of a tree ? Wisdom is thine house, oh Jacob,
and thy dwelling is the broad space of the earth. Th3
land is too narrow for thee, that was given thy fathers ;
the flocks of Jacob cannot rest in it : neither is the vine
sufficient for Israel. The Lord hath multiplied thee in
the earth, and he will increase your land, and your
dominion shall be from one sea to another, and the world
shall be under your feet. All flesh shall be called by
your name, that the Lord your God hath given you, and
it shall not be taken away. Wisdom will provide for
Israel, and build the house of Jacob, and he shall go no
more out from his own land. For his name shall increase
to nations, and his land to the bounds of the sea. The
earth shall be his honie, and the hills and mountains
his '^biding place. They shall be called by his name,
that were none of his ; and land shall be given him that
he doth not possess, and his name shall be the comer
stone of the world. ' *" ' > r •
The Lord requireth of Jacob, and Israel shall fulfil and
his house shall be a blessing to the whole earth. I have
not dremed these things in a dream ; nor see them in the
visions of the skies : but they are written in my soul,
with an unknown hand, and I give them (in recompente
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to God) to his people Israel. Though priests mock,
and scribes roar against me, it is in vain, they are on
record, and will not be blotted out.
I have not wrote to obtain favour, or obtain a prize,
who am one of the most simple of the servants of the
Lord ; and history hath not inspired my mind with these
things ; neither hath the hands of the learned pcribe been
laid upon my soul. My worship is performed alone, and
I am at peace with all people ; there is none in my way ;
neither am I in tiie way of any. I fully believe in llie
fulfilment of the christian dispensation ; but that it will
pass away, as Judaism literally has done, and in like
manner perish in the earth, that is to say, it shall not
reign triumphant over Israel, but shall be divided in all
nations as the limbs of one broken body, and no christian
shepherd shall bo able to gather them. - = - •• •
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Below the iihady bough, *
My soul shall hope in Israel's King :
With him I'll keep my vow.
Still on the earth his feet shall stand,
Mine eyes his name shall see,
To rule the fold, and bless the land.
And every vine and tree.
Ilis springs shall rise, his waters flow,
From fountaias pure and still ;
'Tis all my prayer, I mourn to know
My Saviour, and his will. '*'
Ifo oak shall shade him from my soul,
Within he writes his namo ;
Thunders may roar and billows roU,
Tho tempest is in vain.
I still seek the immortal price, ' ''\
That none on earth can give, "
A Saviour's name to make me wiao.
And God with me to Hto.
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I have nouglit to loose» neither is any thing given Mt
to take away. The Lord hcith made me naked of all
glorious names, and the pride of sects, and the names of
office that are in the christian church ; and I am willing
to go to the tomb as I was born iotp the worl(^.
A few of the christian faith are with me, whose minds
are changing by every rising and setting sun : They 9e«
as they saw not. and belieye as they have not believed,
and these are the last sacrifice I have to make in the
world. They are not mine, nor of me ; but a fqw that
God has given to bear witness of my mind, white
ray days may be prolonged witli them. ... .. .^,.
I believe they will rernain, in a christian wortd wbep
many shall go afloat, as the ship without the anchor, tip
the mariner having no course. They have bjeen a treasuvii
to my hand writing, and their ears have heard my words ;
they have embraced me with love, and mourn my depar-
ture to the tomb — they are accepted of God, and hp nifiU
be with them on every trying day. Their sorrows haife
been great, and their reproaches not a few (which is th^
now existing christian practice of life). They are zea-
lous for God, and have erected altars in his name« and
sing his perpetual praise with songs of love.
As lonesome as the dove can be,
Are these beneath the shadinjf tree,
Still waiting for a rising sun—
Still trusting in a year to come.
Their songs of love doth never cease,
In these I see the nation's peace.
There's sects, nor names, nor bloods no more
Because the pride of life is o'er-
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' July 11th, 1835.
My love to all people, and especially to Israel, Whom
I have remeraberecl in mine afHiction, when I was parting
with all that is pleasant in life. The hills and the fields
are for him, the rivers and the vallies. But I am alone ;
there is none of my blood, or rather of my spirit ; and
who will be my kindred, I know not ; or whether I shall
go friendless down to the grave. The Lord hath been
the pillar of my faith. In his name, 1 have written many
li:ies, and reasoned many times with the christian world.
The shepherds are silent where I speak, and the flocks
judgeth not of my communication. I am as one forgotten
of his friend, and despised by his neighbour. A commu-
nication is not sought with me : the priests have set to
their seal that I am wrong : and they run as tho' there
Wcis no " stumbling stone " in their way, or a *' rock of
offence." They lend not a hand unto me, not one saith
let us arise, and travel for the City of rest. I am as one
cast out for the gathering arm of God, or for ever to be
forgotten : for he hath sent no shepherd unto me, to invite
me to his fold.
The christian sun shineth not upon my soul, with that
lustre of which I 'hear of others so freely boasting in the
world — I am not converted : I am as one of the unhewn
stones of the altar: I am as the fashioning hand hath
mLue me, and I am alone in the earth. I have remem-
bered Israel in mine affliction, and given unto him from
my lonely shade, such things as the giving hand has given
me. I have paid my debts unto him. From liim, I have
received, and return again that which he has given. —
I am not debtor to the world : I am untaught in the chris-
tian church, and cannot embrace the common faith as
others have done. I depend on the revealed will of the
Almighty for the bread of my soul ; I sorrow greatly, ard
am not comforted. — The wages of sin is taken from me,
but my spirit hath not ceased to mourn. I shall be com-
forted in the latter days, when the Lord slandeth upon th«
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s and the fields
It I am alone ;
ny spirit; and
vhether I shall
ord hath been
written many
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and the flocks
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I as tho' there
or a " rock of
not one saith
I am as one
or ever to be
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r the unhewn
? hand hath
have remem-
nto liim trom
md has given
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has given. —
in the chris-
fion faith as
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greatly, and
en from me,
linll be Com-
eth upon th«
[earth, and revealeth his name unto all people. For this
|l mourn with all diligence, and my soul slumbereth not.
[Day and night I sigh for his coming : my cheeks ara
[worn with tears, and mine eyes are dim with watching.
But the eyes of Judah shall be bright as tlie diamond
tone, and his eye shall see a-far olf— I have paid him all,
lud am free from his blood, in this moment of my life,
land the blood of the prophets that is visited upon him. —
(Days and times will tell of things that are unknown — my
soul may meet him by tho water course, and my spirit
embrace his love. — He is a stranger to me in person ; my
acquaintance with him is from the sacred writings, and hid
present station in life. Could I see his name, I could not
know him without an interpreter ; neither am I acquainted
with his soul.
The Lord hath planted him in the earth, and no one
hath been able to pluck him up by the root. His seed in
in the earth, and he is a pillar in the world. I have not
cursed him with a curse. He is the Lord's anointed ;
and I am free from the sorrows of his nnme. I have not
multiplied his reproaches, nor laid a stumbling stone in
his way.
The blessings of the Almighty be upon him, dew of
heaven, and the fat of the land.
The earth is his, and the fulness of it ; — he is the Lords,
and I am the servant of Jacob's God.
Peacs be with dl the families of the earth. — Amen,